genus Ceratitis

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genus Ceratitis - Mediterranean fruit flies Ceratitisarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsfamily Trephritidae, family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, Trypetidae - fruit flies; some leaf minersCeratitis capitata, medfly, Mediterranean fruit fly - small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit