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Species Pseudolimnophila luteipennis

Crane Fly - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis - female Crane Fly - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis Crane fly - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis - female Tipulomorpha - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis Brown bug - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis Crane fly on screen - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis Crane Fly - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis Limoniid Crane fly - Pseudolimnophila luteipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)
Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
Tribe Hexatomini
Genus Pseudolimnophila
Species luteipennis (Pseudolimnophila luteipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Limnophila luteipennis Osten Sacken, 1860
Identification
Body gray, paler laterally, wing yellowish with brown markings on crossveins and forks of veins. Cell m1 present (vein M1+2 forked).
Range
Widespread in United States and southern Canada
Habitat
"especially characteristic of helophytic associations" (Alexander, 1943)
Season
Spring to fall