chainfruit vs Fruit fly

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Rhagoletis meigenii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Fruit fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Tephritidae
Genus	Alyxia	Rhagoletis
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Rhagoletis meigenii

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Fruit fly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Fruit fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Fruit fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.