Chlorops pumilionis
Species of fly
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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]
| Chlorops pumilionis | |
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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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Description
Distribution
The fly is widespread in South, North, Central Europe, North America, Africa, and Japan.[1]
Ecology
The gout fly damages 18 species of cultivated and wild cereal plants, wheat, barley, rye, oats, timothy grass and couch grass.[1]