AuthorAckland, D.M.
Year1972
TitleNote
TypePaper
SourceEntomologist 105: 231-232.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Describes two distinct types of behaviour in larvae found on Choke Disease of grasses (Fungi: Epichloe typhina) - see Chandler, 2010, Dipterists Handbook, ed 2, p424 which adds B. lobata and B. phrenione but casts doubt on B. laterella.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentBotanophila dissectaa choke flyAnimalia: Diptera: Anthomyiidae
For identificationCurrentBotanophila laterellaa choke flyAnimalia: Diptera: Anthomyiidae
CurrentEpichloechokesFungi: Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae
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