Diplotoxa messoria is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2] The larva feeds on Poaceae.
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Diplotoxa messoria North Wales | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chloropidae |
Genus: | Diplotoxa |
Species: | D. messoria
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Binomial name | |
Diplotoxa messoria (Fallén, 1820)
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References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4