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Ceratitis capitata

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Ceratitis capitata

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species of insect

Taxonomy · GBIF

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyTephritidae

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Ceratitis
Image: Male medfly close up insect.jpg

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P105: species
P9566: diurnality

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Agricultural pest insects Dacinae Insects described in 1824 Taxa named by Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs

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Country

Central America

What links here88 pages

sterile insect technique

reproductive success

1981 in the United States

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World Games 1981

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31st Infantry Division

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