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Catotrichinae
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Catotrichinae

Catotrichinae is a subfamily of Cecidomyiidae. Members of this subfamily were formerly included in Lestremiinae and are considered the most primitive members Cecidomyiidae. The larvae feed on fungi. Five genera are currently recognized.

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5 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Trichotoca

genusTrichotoca

Catotricha

genusCatotricha

Trichoceromyia

genusTrichoceromyia

Mesotrichoca

genusMesotrichoca

Wheeleriola

genusWheeleriola

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 602161.