Lemnaphila scotlandae

Lemnaphila scotlandae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Hydrelliinae
Tribe: Hydrelliini
Genus: Lemnaphila
Species:
L. scotlandae
Binomial name
Lemnaphila scotlandae

Lemnaphila scotlandae is a species of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.[2] Larvae are leaf-miners of duckweed.[3]

Distribustion

Canada, United States.

References

  1. ^ Cresson, E. T. Jr. (1933). "A new genus and species of the dipterous family Ephydridae reared from duck weed". Entomological News. 44: 229–231.
  2. ^ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
  3. ^ Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects: their natural history and diversity with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America (Second ed.). Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd. p. 414. ISBN 9781770859623.


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