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Species Elachiptera costata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Carnoidea
Family Chloropidae (Frit Flies)
Subfamily Oscinellinae
Genus Elachiptera
Species costata (Elachiptera costata)
Explanation of Names
Elachiptera costata (Loew 1863)
Identification
Scutellum with tubercles larger than other North American species.