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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Psychodomorpha » Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae) » Moth Flies (Psychodinae) » unidentified genus / species C
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Moth Fly
Copyright © 2014 Robert Lord Zimlich

Moth Fly
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
February 4, 2014
Size: TL=2.5mm
Perhaps Quatiella

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 February, 2014 - 7:49pm
Last updated 6 February, 2014 - 2:56pm

Moved
Moved from Moth Flies.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 6 February, 2014 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Quatiella seem to always hold there wings out flat
I was just looking for one I have that's a lot like yours and think it may be what is being called "unidentified genus / species C" which seems to hold its wings more tent-like and doesn't have any markings.

… John Rosenfeld, 5 February, 2014 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
Do you know anything about th
Do you know anything about the formal taxonomic status of "unidentified genus / species C"? E.g. what described genera it might correspond to, or if we can confidently place it in tribe Psychodini? (I suspect so)
… Even Dankowicz, 10 December, 2020 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps try to contact D. Ferguson
As he created the temporary taxon I suspect he was studying them. There seem to be plenty IDed as Psychoda on the web that lack spots so I'm not sure what criteria he employed.
… John Rosenfeld, 10 December, 2020 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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