Chirosia pusillans

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Chirosia pusillans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Genus: Chirosia
Species:
C. pusillans
Binomial name
Chirosia pusillans
(Huckett, 1949)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hylemyia pusillans Huckett, 1949

Chirosia pusillans is a species of root-maggot flies in the family Anthomyiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is known to lay its eggs on Athyrium asplenioides . [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chirosia pusillans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. "Chirosia pusillans species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. "Chirosia pusillans". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. "Chirosia pusillans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. Eiseman, Charles S. (23 July 2020). "Further Nearctic Rearing Records for Phytophagous Muscoid Flies (Diptera: Anthomyiidae, Scathophagidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122 (3): 595. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.122.3.595.