| Leucophenga maculata | |
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| Leucophenga maculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Leucophenga |
| Species: | L. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucophenga maculata | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Leucophenga maculata | |
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| Leucophenga maculata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Leucophenga |
| Species: | L. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucophenga maculata | |
| Synonyms | |
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