Psychoda Latreille, 1796
(a genus of moth flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Psychoda grisescens
a moth fly
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 		Species 4 images
Psychoda sigma
a moth fly
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 		Species 39 images
Psychoda (unidentified)
Unidentified Psychoda Moth Flies
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

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Larvae

Satchell, G.H. 1947 The larvae of the British species of Psychoda (Diptera: Psychodidae) Parasitology Vol 38: 51-69.

Psychoda (a genus of moth flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psychoda (a genus of moth flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Psychoda (a genus of moth flies)
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