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Cherry maggot

Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew, 1862)

Status not recordedinsects

The cherry maggot (Rhagoletis cingulata) is a species in the family Tephritidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the cherry maggot

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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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 cherry maggot live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cherry maggot as introduced in 6 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Netherlandsinvasive
  2. Belgium
  3. Croatia
  4. France
  5. Poland
  6. Slovenia

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 cherry 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 cherry maggot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyTephritidae
  6. genusRhagoletis
  7. SpeciesRhagoletis cingulata (Loew, 1862)

Synonyms Trypeta cingulata

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Cherry fruit flyEnglish
  • Eastern cherry fruit flyEnglish
  • Eastern cherry maggotEnglish
  • Amerikanische KirschfruchtfliegeGerman
  • trypète des cerisesFrench
  • Oost-Amerikaanse kersenboorvliegDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cherry maggot

Other species in the same genus Rhagoletis.

Husk maggot

Rhagoletis completa

TephritidaeNo free photo yet

Apple maggot

Rhagoletis pomonella

TephritidaeNo free photo yet

Rose hip fly

Rhagoletis alternata

TephritidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cherry maggot an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the cherry maggot as invasive in 1 country: Netherlands. It lists it as introduced in 6 in all.

What kind of animal is the cherry maggot?

The cherry maggot (Rhagoletis cingulata) belongs to the family Tephritidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cherry maggot (Rhagoletis cingulata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-maggot

MLA

“Cherry maggot (Rhagoletis cingulata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-maggot.

BibTeX
@misc{cherry_maggot_2026,
  title = {Cherry maggot (Rhagoletis cingulata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-maggot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}