olive fly

English

Etymology

From olive +‎ fly.

Noun

olive fly (plural olive flies)

1. A fruit fly of species Bactrocera oleae.

   Synonym: olive fruit fly

   • (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS‎^[1]:

     This included work on 3 species of Psyttalia and on Tetrastichus giffardii by S. Mohamed. Identifications were provided for biocontrol programs on olive fly, and we made several attempts to collect more olive fly parasitoids in Kenya.