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Leucophenga varia

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Tribe:	Steganini
Subtribe:	Leucophengina
Genus:	Leucophenga
Species:	L. varia
Binomial name
*Leucophenga varia* (Walker, 1849)
Synonyms^[1]
Drosophila varia Walker, 1849 Drosophila quadrimaculata Walker, 1852 Opomyza signicosta Walker, 1861

Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.^[1]^[2]^[3] It occurs in North America.^[3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms,^[4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.^[5]

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^ ^a ^b "Leucophenga varia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "Leucophenga varia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ ^a ^b "Leucophenga varia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ Worthen, Wade B.; Jones, M. Tildon; Jetton, Robert M. (1998). "Community Structure and Environmental Stress: Desiccation Promotes Nestedness in Mycophagous Fly Communities". Oikos. 81 (1): 45. doi:10.2307/3546466. JSTOR 3546466.
^ Hanson, M. A.; Grollmus, L.; Lemaitre, B. (2023-07-21). "Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila". Science. 381 (6655): eadg5725. doi:10.1126/science.adg5725. hdl:10871/133708. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 37471548. S2CID 259115731.

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Leucophenga varia (Walker, 1849)

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