Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857 is a animal in the Bombyliidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857

Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857

Lepidophora vetusta is a bee fly species found from Texas through Mexico to Costa Rica.

Family
Genus
Lepidophora
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857

Lepidophora vetusta, formally described by Walker in 1857, is a species of bee fly belonging to the family Bombyliidae. This species is distributed in Texas, Mexico, and Central America, ranging south as far as Costa Rica.

Photo: (c) Francisco Farriols Sarabia, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Francisco Farriols Sarabia · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Bombyliidae Lepidophora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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