Cereal Fly vs Chalk Maple

Geomyza tripunctata compared with Acer leucoderme

Key Differences

• Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated while Chalk Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Chalk Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cereal Fly	Chalk Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cereal Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Chalk Maple

Habitat

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).

Chalk Maple

The Chalk Maple (Acer leucoderme) 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.