Cereal Fly vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Geomyza tripunctata compared with Alticola lemminus

Key Differences

• Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated while Lemming Mountain Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cereal Fly	Lemming Mountain Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Opomyzidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Geomyza	Alticola
Species	Geomyza tripunctata	Alticola lemminus

Evolutionary Relationship

Cereal Fly and Lemming Mountain Vole share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cereal Fly	Lemming Mountain Vole
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).

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cereal Fly

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