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Species Idana marginata

Idana marginata? - Idana marginata - male - female

colorful picture-winged fly - Idana marginata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)

Subfamily Otitinae

No Taxon (Genera incertae sedis possibly related to Cephaliini)

Genus Idana

Species marginata (Idana marginata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ortalis marginata Say, 1830

Size

Over 10 mm - largest ulidiid in eastern North America (1)

Range

Northeastern USA and adjacent Canada

Food

Develops in compost (1)

Remarks

Sometimes found feeding on sap at tree wounds

Print References

Brimley, p. 381, lists from the mountains of North Carolina in May. (2)

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 7 pinned, including specimens from that state.

Works Cited

1.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.

2.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Cotinis on 8 June, 2005 - 11:05am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, metrioptera
Last updated 10 July, 2018 - 5:37pm

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