Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pyrgotidae, Leptopyrgota sp. (Ecuador)

Posted by blackdogto on 23-02-2020 14:59
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Sumaco National Park, Ecuador

Edited by blackdogto on 29-02-2020 13:34

Posted by John Carr on 23-02-2020 16:04
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That thin loop at the tail end looks like the male sexual organ of Tephritoidea, and the wings are consistent with that superfamily. Coming to light suggests a nocturnal species, and the genus Leptopyrgota of the mostly nocturnal family Pyrgotidae has an enlarged antenna and similar wing.

Posted by Ectemnius on 23-02-2020 16:04
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Hello blackdogto,

With the cell cup looking like it does, the long slender body and these kinds of antennae. I'd say Pyrgotidae.

Kind regards,

Ectemnius

Posted by blackdogto on 29-02-2020 13:33
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Thanks John and Ectemnius! :)