Tritoxa incurva

Tritoxa incurva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ulidiidae
Subfamily:	Otitinae
Genus:	Tritoxa
Species:	T. incurva
Binomial name
Tritoxa incurva Loew, 1873

Tritoxa incurva in Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, Aden, Virginia.

Tritoxa incurva is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Tritoxa of the family Ulidiidae.^[1]

The flies are about 6–8 mm long. They have bold wing pattern and rusty-brown coloration, at least in the east. They live in eastern United States, and can be found in grassy meadows from May till October.^[2]

Bibliography[]

1. Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America; Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.; See color photograph-496.6
2. Insects of North Carolina; C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture. p. 381

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