Leucophenga varia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Drosophilidae |
Tribe: | Steganini |
Subtribe: | Leucophengina |
Genus: | Leucophenga |
Species: | L. varia
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Binomial name | |
Leucophenga varia (
Walker, 1849)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae. [1] [2] [3] It occurs in North America. [3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms, [4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system. [5]
Leucophenga varia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Drosophilidae |
Tribe: | Steganini |
Subtribe: | Leucophengina |
Genus: | Leucophenga |
Species: | L. varia
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Binomial name | |
Leucophenga varia (
Walker, 1849)
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Synonyms [1] | |
|
Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae. [1] [2] [3] It occurs in North America. [3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms, [4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system. [5]