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Cabbage maggot

Delia radicum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The cabbage maggot (Delia radicum) is a species in the family Anthomyiidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the cabbage maggot

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cabbage maggot live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cabbage maggot as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cabbage maggot endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cabbage maggot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyAnthomyiidae
  6. genusDelia
  7. SpeciesDelia radicum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Anthomyia brassicae, Anthomyia detergens, Anthomyia hispida, Anthomyia stimulata, Aricia villipes, Chortophila appendiculata, Chortophila floccosa, Chortophila frontalis, Chortophila radicum, Delia brassicae, Delia floccosa, Delia hispida, Erioschia brassicae, Ernestia radicum, Hylemya pseudobrassicae, Hylemyia brassicae, Musca napobrassicae, Musca radicum, Paregle radicum, Tachina bifasciata, Tachina radicum

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Cabbage root flyEnglish
  • květilka zelnáCzech
  • Lille kålflueDanish
  • kleine KohlfliegeGerman
  • Μύγα της ρίζας του λάχανουGreek
  • mouche du chouFrench
  • pavasarinė kopūstinė musėLithuanian
  • liten kålflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • koolvliegDutch
  • lita kålflugeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • śmietka kapuścianaPolish
  • Весенняя капустная мухаRussian
  • kvetovka kapustováSlovak
  • kapusova muhaSlovenian
  • liten kålflugaSwedish
  • lahana sineğiTurkish
  • Мала капустяна мухаUkrainian
  • муха капустная весенняяRussian
  • Муха капустяна малаUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cabbage maggot

Other species in the same genus Delia.

Onion fly

Delia antiqua

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Onion fly

Delia platura

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cabbage maggot an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cabbage maggot as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cabbage maggot?

The cabbage maggot (Delia radicum) belongs to the family Anthomyiidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cabbage maggot (Delia radicum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-maggot

MLA

“Cabbage maggot (Delia radicum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-maggot.

BibTeX
@misc{cabbage_maggot_2026,
  title = {Cabbage maggot (Delia radicum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-maggot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}