PSYCHODIDAE
(owl midges, moth flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Pericoma
a genus of moth flies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images
Psychoda
a genus of moth flies
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 45 images 1 ident. refs
Telmatoscopus
a genus of moth flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Trichomyia
a genus of moth flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Psychodidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Owl Midges, Moth Flies
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 *** Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Withers, P. 2004 Additions to the British moth fly fauna (Diptera, Psychodidae): Pericoma sziladyi Szabó and Saraiella consigliana (Sara) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10: 111-113.
Withers, P. 1989 Moth Flies: Diptera: Psychodidae Dipterists Digest Dipterists Digest No 4.

PSYCHODIDAE (owl midges, 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 PSYCHODIDAE (owl midges, moth flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PSYCHODIDAE (owl midges, moth flies)
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