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Husk maggot

Rhagoletis completa Cresson, 1929

Status not recordedinsects

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

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Quick facts about the husk 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 husk maggot live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the husk maggot as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. France
  3. 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 husk 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 husk maggot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyTephritidae
  6. genusRhagoletis
  7. SpeciesRhagoletis completa Cresson, 1929

Synonyms Rhagoletis suavis completa

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Walnut husk flyEnglish
  • vrtule ořechováCzech
  • Walnuss-FruchtfliegeGerman
  • mouche des brous du noyerFrench
  • Mosca della noceItalian
  • WalnootboorvliegDutch
  • vrtivka orechováSlovak
  • Mouche du brou du noyerFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the husk maggot

Other species in the same genus Rhagoletis.

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 husk maggot an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the husk maggot as introduced in 3 countries: Belgium, France and Slovenia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the husk maggot?

The husk maggot (Rhagoletis completa) belongs to the family Tephritidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Husk maggot (Rhagoletis completa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/husk-maggot

MLA

“Husk maggot (Rhagoletis completa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/husk-maggot.

BibTeX
@misc{husk_maggot_2026,
  title = {Husk maggot (Rhagoletis completa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/husk-maggot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}