Psychoda grisescens Tonnoir, 1922
(a moth fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsychoda grisescens (a moth fly)
GenusPsychoda (a genus of moth flies)
FamilyPSYCHODIDAE (owl midges, moth flies)
SuperfamilyPSYCHODOIDEA (owl midges, moth flies)
InfraorderPsychodomorpha (owl midges or moth flies, winter & window gnats, scatopsids)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Psychoda grisescens (a moth fly) :
1: Psychoda grisescens (a moth fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
8 May 1977 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Female, in Wild Arum spathe
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Lateral view - enlarged (3)

Psychoda grisescens (a moth fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psychoda grisescens (a moth fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Psychoda grisescens (a moth fly)
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