Erioptera caliptera

Limoniid Crane Fly


Erioptera caliptera, Crane Fly in family Limoniidae

 

Family: Limoniidae

Subfamily: Chioneinae

Subgenus: Mesocyphona

 

This wide-ranging Crane Fly is both nearctic and neotropical. In the nearctic it has been reported from California to Newfoundland, south to Arkansas and Florida. In the neotropics it has been collected in Bolivia, also in a number of Caribbean islands including Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominica, and St. Vincent.


Limoniid Crane Flies: Erioptera caliptera


Insects of West Virginia