Rhagoletis alternata (Fallen, 1814)
(Rose Hip Fly)

Interactions where Rhagoletis alternata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/Ireland Rosa arvensis Field Rose, Field-rose Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis alternata/Rhagoletis alternatarose hip flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa arvensis/Rosa arvensisfield rose, field-rosefruit
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/Ireland Rosa canina Dog-rose Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis alternata/Rhagoletis alternatarose hip flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa canina/Rosa caninadog-rosefruit
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/Ireland Rosa mollis Soft Downy-rose Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis alternata/Rhagoletis alternatarose hip flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa mollis/Rosa mollissoft downy-rosefruit
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/Ireland Rosa rubiginosa Sweet-briar Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis alternata/Rhagoletis alternatarose hip flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa rubiginosa/Rosa rubiginosasweet-briarfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Rosa spinosissimaQuestionable Burnet Rose Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis alternata/Rhagoletis alternatarose hip flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa spinosissima/Rosa spinosissimaburnet rose?fruit

Author & YearTitleSource
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly)
GenusRhagoletis (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly)

Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly):

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