Leucophenga varia
| Leucophenga varia | |
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| 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) | |
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Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae. It occurs in North America. Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms, which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.