Mothfly

Description:

It belongs to the Suborder Nematocera (long-horned flies) within the Order Diptera (flies and mosquitoes). Nematocera are unique among the Diptera for having many segmented antennae that are often long. The larvae of Nematocera typically inhabit moist habitats and have well-developed heads and mandibles that move laterally. Clogmia albipunctata is a member of the family Psychodidae (moth flies and sand flies). It can be identified in part by the color patterning on its wings with white spots at the tip of the wing veins.

Habitat:

Spotted on the outside of my house. It is distributed throughout tropical and subtropical areas of the world. It is one of the most common synanthropic (living with humans) species within the Psychodidae. It can found in containers or trash filled with water, bathrooms, kitchens, in sewers, and near wastewater treatment plants. It can also live in tree-holes and in phytothelmata (water bodies held by plants).

Notes:

Other names: filterfly, mothmidge.