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

Posted by John Carr on 23-02-2020 15:04
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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.