Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893)

Filter or Drain Fly

Synonyms: Telmatoscopus meridionalis, Psychoda snowii, Psychoda albonigra, Telmatoscopus albipunctatus, Psychoda erecta

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Diptera

Family: Psychodidae

Genus: Clogmia

Species: Clogmia albipunctata

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Clogmia albipunctata