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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Vinegar Flies (Drosophilidae) » Steganinae » Leucophenga » Leucophenga varia
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Vinegar Fly - Leucophenga varia
Copyright © 2014 Robert Lord Zimlich

Vinegar Fly - Leucophenga varia
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 27, 2014
Some of my Leucophenga have been ID'd as L. varia and some as L. maculosa. I can't tell the difference :)
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 29 April, 2014 - 1:37pm
Last updated 29 April, 2014 - 2:59pm

Moved
Moved from Leucophenga.
… Brad Barnd, 29 April, 2014 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Only Brad knows the difference
I can't tell either. There seems to be a continuum of markings from none to strong.
… John F. Carr, 29 April, 2014 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Difference
In L. varia, only the apex of R 2+3 is clouded. In L. maculosa, both crossveins are also clouded.

Admittedly, my previous determinations of L. maculosa appear to be incorrect. Not really sure what I was thinking at the time. All the images I had placed as L. maculosa appear to L. varia instead. L. varia is apparently more common than maculosa according to Wheeler.
… Brad Barnd, 29 April, 2014 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

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