Chlorops pumilionis
Chlorops pumilionis | |
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Chlorops pumilionis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chloropidae |
Genus: | Chlorops |
Species: | C. pumilionis |
Binomial name | |
Chlorops pumilionis (Bjerkander, 1778) | |
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Chlorops pumilionis is a species of pest fly from the family Chloropidae. It is also known as the chloropid gout fly or barley gout fly. It is an oligophagous pest of cereal crops.[1]
Description
The thorax is straw yellow, with three longitudinal nodal stripes. The head has black ocular triangle. The third antennal segment and two last segments of tarsus are black.[1]
Distribution
The fly is widespread in South, North, Central Europe, North America, Africa, and Japan.[1]
Ecology
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Chlorops pumilionis on gras in a meadow
The gout fly damages 18 species of cultivated and wild cereal plants, wheat, barley, rye, oats, timothy grass and couch grass.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Berim M.N. "Chlorops pumilionis Bjekander - Chloropid Gout Fly". Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries. Economic Plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
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