Big-Leaf Maple vs Cereal Fly

Acer macrophyllum compared with Geomyza tripunctata

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Cereal Fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Opomyzidae
Genus	Acer	Geomyza
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Geomyza tripunctata

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Cereal Fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Cereal Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Cereal Fly

The Cereal Fly (Geomyza tripunctata) is a species in the genus Geomyza. Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States