''Rhagoletis zephyria'' is a species of tephritid or fruit fly in the genus '' Rhagoletis'' of the family

Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus '' Drosophila'' (in the family Drosophilidae ...

. Visually similar to ''

Rhagoletis pomonella The apple maggot (''Rhagoletis pomonella''), also known as the railroad worm (but distinct from the '' Phrixothrix'' beetle larva, also called railroad worm), is a species of fruit fly, and a pest of several types of fruits, mostly apples. Thi ...

'' and often misidentified as such.

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zephyria Insects described in 1894 {{Rhagoletis-stub