Leucophenga varia
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| Leucophenga varia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Tribe: | Steganini |
| Subtribe: | Leucophengina |
| Genus: | Leucophenga |
| Species: | L. varia |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucophenga varia (Walker, 1849) | |
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Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2][3] It occurs in North America.[3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms,[4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.[5]
