| Botanophila fugax | |
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| Botanophila fugax North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Anthomyiidae |
| Genus: | Botanophila |
| Species: | B. fugax |
| Binomial name | |
| Botanophila fugax (Meigen, 1826) | |
| Synonyms | |
Botanophila fugax is a species of fly in the family Anthomyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2] The larva is a stem borer.
Fungal species Strongwellsea crypta (from genus Strongwellsea , order Entomophthorales) is known to infect Botanophila fugax. It creates abdominal holes in the infected hosts which then develop rapidly and become strikingly large and almost rhomboid in shape. [3]
