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Rose hip fly

Rhagoletis basiola (Osten Sacken, 1877)

Status not recordedinsects

The rose hip fly (Rhagoletis basiola) is a species in the family Tephritidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the rose hip 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 rose hip fly live?

Not recorded

Is the rose hip 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 rose hip fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyTephritidae
  6. genusRhagoletis
  7. SpeciesRhagoletis basiola (Osten Sacken, 1877)

Synonyms Spilographa setosa, Trypeta basiolum, Zonosema flavinotata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rose hip fly

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

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What kind of animal is the rose hip fly?

The rose hip fly (Rhagoletis basiola) 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). Rose hip fly (Rhagoletis basiola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhagoletis-basiola

MLA

“Rose hip fly (Rhagoletis basiola).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhagoletis-basiola.

BibTeX
@misc{rhagoletis_basiola_2026,
  title = {Rose hip fly (Rhagoletis basiola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhagoletis-basiola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}