Mediterranean fruit fly
noun
a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit.
Also called
medfly,
Medfly.
Origin of Mediterranean fruit fly
First recorded in 1905–10
British Dictionary definitions for mediterranean fruit fly
Mediterranean fruit fly
noun
a species of dipterous fly, Ceratitis capitata, having marbled wings, whose maggots tunnel into fruits such as citrus, peach, and vine in the Mediterranean area, South Africa, and elsewhere: family Trypetidae
Also called: medfly