rhagoletis การใช้

• It is a parasitoid of " Rhagoletis pomonella ", the apple maggot.
• The emergence of the apple race of " Rhagoletis pomonella " also appears to have driven formation of new races among its parasites.
• The hawthorn fly ( " Rhagoletis pomonella " ), also known as the apple maggot fly, appears to be undergoing sympatric speciation.
• Other pests are " Strauzia longipennis ", a pest of sunflowers and " Rhagoletis mendax ", a pest of blueberries.
• "Diachasma alloeum " wasps attacking " Rhagoletis pomonella " in apples appear to be undergoing a speciation event in concert with their hosts.
• "Rhagoletis pomonella " is significant evolutionarily in that the race of this species that feeds on apples spontaneously emerged from the hawthorn feeding race in the 1800-1850 AD time frame after apples were introduced into North America.
• When first observed in a new region, " D . suzukii " has often been confused with the western cherry fruit fly ( " Rhagoletis indifferens " ) and was given the short-lasting name cherry vinegar fly.
• Assortative mating most easily occurs if mating is linked to niche preference, as occurs in the apple maggot " Rhagoletis pomonella " where individual flies from different races use volatile odors to discriminate between hawthorn and apple and look for mates on natal fruit.