| Melanum laterale | |
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| Melanum laterale North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chloropidae |
| Genus: | Melanum |
| Species: | M. laterale |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanum laterale (Haliday, 1833) | |
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Melanum laterale is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2] The larva feeds on Poaceae.