Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diplotoxa messoria - Chloropidae
Posted by hedy2411 on 10-09-2013 20:43
#1
Who knows the name of this fly..?
Found yesterday in Zeist, Holland
Edited by hedy2411 on 20-08-2014 22:06
Posted by empeejay on 11-12-2013 17:05
#2
I must admit, I wouldn't have thought this was
Oscinella maura. It looks more like
Diplotoxa messoria to me.
Posted by John Carr on 11-12-2013 17:10
#3
empeejay wrote:
I must admit, I wouldn't have thought this was Oscinella maura. It looks more like Diplotoxa messoria to me.
They should be distinguishable by distance between crossveins r-m and m-cu, very close in
Diplotaxa and separated by more than the length of either in
Oscinella. I can't tell from this angle.
Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 19-08-2014 16:41
#4
dear empeejay! I agree with you and I don't know how this mistake could have been done. I remove my last comment and correct it here:
Diplotoxa messoria (Fallén, 1820), Chloropidae. Host plants are different Eleocharis spp. (Cyperaceae), the larvae develop in the stems. Partly very abundant along ponds and swamps; also in North America.
Posted by hedy2411 on 20-08-2014 22:06
#5
Thank you for your reactions empeejay, John and Von Tschirnhaus!
Regards,
Hedy