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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Psychodomorpha » Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae) » Moth Flies (Psychodinae)
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Moth Fly
Copyright © 2020 Victor Engel

Moth Fly
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
March 3, 2020
This moth fly looks different from others I've seen. Not sure if it's just the perspective angle or if it's holding its antennae differently or what.

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Contributed by Victor Engel on 4 March, 2020 - 11:12am
Last updated 27 June, 2021 - 11:19am

Moved
Moved from Moth Flies and Sand Flies.
… John F. Carr, 27 June, 2021 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

Looks like Lepisideona conspi
Looks like Lepisideona conspicua?
… Even Dankowicz, 13 December, 2020 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, that's what I eventuall
Yeah, that's what I eventually setting on for my iNaturalist observation of the same individual. It does look different, but I think that must be because of the angle of the head and possibly exporsure.
… Victor Engel, 13 December, 2020 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Wing position
Species in genus Psychoda hold their wings in a different position than the rest of subfamily Psychodinae.
… John F. Carr, 4 March, 2020 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Setomima also hold
Looks like Setomima also hold wings like Psychoda. Anyway, I think it must be the dark large antennae that gave it the unique look (to my eyes). Maybe also the light coloration of the hairs around the thorax making the body seem smaller than normal against the light background.
… Victor Engel, 4 March, 2020 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

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