Leucophenga varia

Leucophenga varia

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae

Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae. It occurs in North America. Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms, which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.

Distribution

Leucophenga varia — (c) skitterbug, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by skitterbug · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 92Canada · 2Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

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