Cereal Fly vs Greater Sac-winged Bat

Geomyza tripunctata compared with Saccopteryx bilineata

Key Differences

• Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated while Greater Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cereal Fly	Greater Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Opomyzidae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Geomyza	Saccopteryx
Species	Geomyza tripunctata	Saccopteryx bilineata

Evolutionary Relationship

Cereal Fly and Greater Sac-winged Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cereal Fly	Greater Sac-winged Bat
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).

Greater Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Cereal Fly

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