Ceratitis capitata

"Ceratitis capitata" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of fruit fly originating in sub-Saharan Africa but widely distributed worldwide. One of the most destructive fruit pests, its larvae feed and develop on many different fruits and some vegetables.

Descriptor ID	D033622
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.850.150
Concept/Terms	Ceratitis capitata Ceratitis capitata Ceratitis capitatas capitatas, Ceratitis Fruit Fly, Mediterranean Medfly Medflies Mediterranean Fruit Fly Flies, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Mediterranean Fruit Fruit Flies, Mediterranean Mediterranean Fruit Flies

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ceratitis capitata".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Arthropods [B01.050.500.131]
Insecta [B01.050.500.131.617]
Pterygota [B01.050.500.131.617.720]
Neoptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500]
Holometabola [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500]
Diptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750]
Tephritidae [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.850]
Ceratitis capitata [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.850.150]

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