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Ephydrid Fly
Thu 2019-12-26
A male Hydrellia griseola (Diptera: Ephydridae) swept from long grass. The larvae mine the leaves of various grasses and other plants (see the species' pages at UK Fly Mines and Plant Miners of Europe).
Identified using the unpublished key of Drake, 2006 (updated in 2013).
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2019-12-25.
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