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Diplotoxa messoria
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chloropidae
Genus:	Diplotoxa
Species:	D. messoria
Binomial name
	Diplotoxa messoria; (Fallén, 1820)
Synonyms
	Oscinis messoria Fallén, 1820;

Diplotoxa messoria is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic.^[1]^[2] The larva feeds on Poaceae.

References

↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4

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