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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Leptocera » Leptocera caenosa
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Sphaerocerid - Leptocera caenosa - female
Copyright © 2014 tom murray

Sphaerocerid - Leptocera caenosa - Female
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 1, 2014
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Contributed by tom murray on 2 October, 2014 - 7:48am
Last updated 4 April, 2022 - 10:52pm

Leptocera caenosa (Rondani), female
Moved from Leptocera. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

Nice to have this common species for the guide!
… Brad Barnd, 4 April, 2022 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Leptocera caenosa
I see these or similar small flies on my moth sheet all the time. That's great to finally get one of these identified from the specimen to species.
… tom murray, 4 April, 2022 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rachispoda.
Thanks John. I had the right family, wrong genus.
… tom murray, 2 October, 2014 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… tom murray, 2 October, 2014 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
Leptocera?
Could this be Leptocera?
… John F. Carr, 2 October, 2014 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

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