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Turnip maggot

Delia floralis (Fallén, 1824)

Status not recordedinsects

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

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Quick facts about the turnip maggot

Weight
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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 turnip maggot live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Japan

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 turnip 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 turnip maggot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyAnthomyiidae
  6. genusDelia
  7. SpeciesDelia floralis (Fallén, 1824)

Synonyms Anthomyia flavopicta, Anthomyia vacans, Hylemyia crucifera, Hylemyia floralis, Musca floralis

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Stor kålflueDanish
  • mouche du navetFrench
  • Grote koolvliegDutch
  • stor kålflugeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Летняя капустная мухаRussian
  • kvetárka reďkvováSlovak
  • stor kålflugaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the turnip maggot

Other species in the same genus Delia.

Onion fly

Delia antiqua

AnthomyiidaeNo free photo yet

Onion fly

Delia platura

AnthomyiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the turnip maggot an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the turnip maggot?

The turnip maggot (Delia floralis) belongs to the family Anthomyiidae 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). Turnip maggot (Delia floralis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/turnip-maggot

MLA

“Turnip maggot (Delia floralis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/turnip-maggot.

BibTeX
@misc{turnip_maggot_2026,
  title = {Turnip maggot (Delia floralis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/turnip-maggot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}