Mycophila Explained

Mycophila is a genus of wood midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are seven described species in Mycophila. The genus was established by Ephraim Porter Felt in 1911.

Species

• Mycophila echinoidea Bu & Mo, 1996
• Mycophila fungicola Felt, 1911
• Mycophila indica Nayar, 1949
• Mycophila lampra Pritchard, 1947
• Mycophila longispina Bu & Mo, 1996
• Mycophila nikoleii Möhn, 1960
• Mycophila speyeri (Barnes, 1926)

Further reading

• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.
• A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World. 2014. Gagné . Raymond J.. Jaschhof . Mathias. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.