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Pepper fruit fly

Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868

Status not recordedinsects

The pepper fruit fly (Atherigona orientalis) is a species in the family Muscidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the pepper fruit fly

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 pepper fruit fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pepper fruit fly as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. 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 pepper fruit fly 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 pepper fruit fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyMuscidae
  6. genusAtherigona
  7. SpeciesAtherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868

Synonyms Acritochaeta magnipalpis, Acritochaeta orientalis, Acritochaeta pulvinata, Antherigona orientalis, Athericona orientalis, Atherigona excisa, Atherigona excisa var. flavipalpis, Atherigona excisa var. trilineata, Atherigona magnipalpalis, Atherigona magnipalpis, Atherigona marginipalpis, Atherigona trilineata, Bithoracochaeta sociabilis, Coenosia excisa

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • ذبابة الطماطمArabic
  • トウヨウヒメイエバエJapanese
  • 東方茸芒蠅Chinese
  • ذبابة فاكهة الفلفلArabic

Catalogue of Life

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pepper fruit fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pepper fruit fly as introduced in 2 countries: Ecuador and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pepper fruit fly?

The pepper fruit fly (Atherigona orientalis) belongs to the family Muscidae 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). Pepper fruit fly (Atherigona orientalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pepper-fruit-fly

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BibTeX
@misc{pepper_fruit_fly_2026,
  title = {Pepper fruit fly (Atherigona orientalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pepper-fruit-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}