Rhagoletis tabellaria (Fitch, 1855)

Yee, W. L., Forbes, A. A. & Feder, J. L., 2020, Eclosion and adult longevity traits of Rhagoletis tabellaria (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Utetes tabellariae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the laboratory, The Canadian Entomologist 152 (2), pp. 145-158 : 148-149

Rhagoletis tabellaria and Utetes tabellariae identifications

All flies reared from red osier dogwood in the study were morphologically confirmed to be R. tabellaria based on their wing band pattern, size, and the presence of a tubular sac or basiphallic

vesica on the aedeagus (fig. 123 in Bush 1966). Wasps that eclosed from R. tabellaria puparia were identified as U. tabellariae (n = 62) and U. canaliculatus (n = 6) (identified by A.A.F.). Our rearing of these two wasps parasitising R. tabellaria in our red osier dogwood collections therefore represents the first report of either of the species in western North America. Voucher specimens are maintained at the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit in Wapato, Washington, United States of America.