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Drain Fly

Drain Fly
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
December 6, 2011
Size: ~4mm
First time I've seen a drain fly with wings folded

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Drain Fly Drain Fly

Moved
Moved from Moth Flies.

Psychodini
Probably tribe Psychodini. For confirmation it would help to know if the terminal flagellomeres are smaller than the rest and see the wing from the side.

 
Lateral View
Antennae are clearer in the lateral view. Found a pretty cool paper on the known genera of the tribe Psychodini in Yemen.

Family feud
There are two groups of moth flies, the tenters and the flatteners. One of the keys uses that habit to help determine which tribe the fly belongs to.

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