Cereal Fly vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Geomyza tripunctata compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cereal Fly	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Insecta (inseto)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Diptera (Mosca)	Chiroptera (morcego)
Family	Opomyzidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Geomyza	Hsunycteris
Species	Geomyza tripunctata	Hsunycteris pattoni

Evolutionary Relationship

Cereal Fly and Patton’s Nectar Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cereal Fly	Patton’s Nectar 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).

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Cereal Fly

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