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Species Leskia similis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Tachininae
Tribe Leskiini
Genus Leskia
Species similis (Leskia similis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Myobiopsis similis Townsend, 1916a
Range
Eastern North America