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Genus Leucopis

Fly associated with cochneal - Leucopis bellula Leucopis ID Req. - Leucopis americana Unknown fly - Leucopis tiny gray fly - Leucopis Fly - Leucopis Fly - Leucopis Chamaemyiidae, frontal - Leucopis Chamaemyiidae, larva - Leucopis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Lauxanioidea
Family Chamaemyiidae
Genus Leucopis
Range
Western US and Canada. Two species introduced in the East to combat hemlock woolly adelgid.
Internet References
Environmental Entomology. Prey suitability and phenology of Leucopis spp
Environmental Entomology. Prey suitability and phenology of Leucopis spp. PDF
European J. of Entomol.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 18 December, 2006 - 11:40am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 27 June, 2015 - 7:27am

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