European Cherry Fruit Fly

Scientific Name

Rhagoletis cerasi L. (ITIS)

Common Name

European cherry fruit fly (ECFF)

Native To

Date of U.S. Introduction

First detected in New York in 2017 (Wakie et al. 2018)

Means of Introduction

Most likely through the movement of infested fruit (APHIS 2017)

Impact

Highly destructive pest of cherries (Prunus spp.) (Wakie et al. 2018)

European cherry fruit fly

Credit

Photo by Ben Hamers; Holland (Diptera.info)

Source

Spotlights

USDA Protects Hundreds of Crops from Invasive Fruit Flies with Five-Year Strategy
- Apr 17, 2024
- USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released Fruit Fly Exclusion and Detection Program Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Strategy [PDF, 1.2 MB]. APHIS worked with members of the National Plant Board to develop a unified roadmap for USDA and its partners to protect American agriculture from the threat of invasive fruit flies and measure our progress along the way.
  See also: Exotic Fruit Flies for more information

Pest Tracker - Survey Status of European Cherry Fruit Fly
- USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS). National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS).

Domestic Quarantine Notices (Title 7: Agriculture, Part 301) - Fruit Flies
- U.S. Government Printing Office. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.
Fruit Flies Quarantine Information
- USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
- Includes information for Mexican Fruit Fly, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, and Oriental Fruit Fly
Import Federal Orders
- USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- A Federal Order is a legal document issued in response to an emergency when the Administrator of APHIS considers it necessary to take regulatory action to protect agriculture or prevent the entry and establishment into the United States of a pest or disease. Federal Orders are effective immediately and contain the specific regulatory requirements.

The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source.

Partnership

Federal Government

Plant Pest and Diseases - Exotic Fruit Flies
- USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.

International Government

State and Local Government

European Cherry Fruit Fly
- New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.

Academic

Invasive Species & Exotic Pests: European Cherry Fruit Fly [PDF, 853 KB]
- Feb 2020
- Cornell University. New York State Integrated Pest Management Program.
- See also: Invasive Species & Exotic Pests for more factsheets
Utah Pests Fact Sheet - European Cherry Fruit Fly [PDF, 1.83 MB]
- Oct 2018
- Utah State University Extension; Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Laboratory.
- See also: Tree Fruit Insects Fact Sheets for more species
Forecasting Invasion Risks: Factsheets - European Cherry Fruit Fly [PDF, 1.34 MB]
- Feb 2010
- Michigan State University. Integrated Pest Management Program.
- See also: Forecasting Invasion Risks for more factsheets

Citations

APHIS. 2017. New Pest Response Guidelines: Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus) [PDF, 1.72 MB]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Rhagoletis cerasi. [Accessed Aug 31, 2023].
Schuler, H., C. Bertheau, S.P. Egan, J.L. Feder, M. Riegler, B.C. Schlick‐Steiner, F.M. Steiner, J. Johannesen, P. Kern, K. Tuba, F. Lakatos, K. Köppler, W. Arthofer, and C. Stauffer. 2013. Evidence for a recent horizontal transmission and spatial spread of Wolbachia from endemic Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae) to invasive Rhagoletis cingulata in Europe. Molecular Ecology 22(15):4101-4111.
Wakie, T.T., W.L. Yee, and L.G. Neven. 2018. Assessing the risk of establishment of Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the United States and globally. Journal of Economic Entomology toy054.