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Subspecies Cuterebra fontinella grisea - Deer Mouse Bot Fly

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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 Oestridae (Bot Flies)
Subfamily Cuterebrinae (New World Skin Bot Flies)
Genus Cuterebra (Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies)
No Taxon (fontinella group)
Species fontinella (Mouse Bot Fly)
Subspecies grisea (Deer Mouse Bot Fly)
Food
Larvae in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).