Moth fly (butterfly fly)

Japanese: チョウバエ(蝶蠅) - チョウバエ（英語表記）moth fly

A general term for insects belonging to the Diptera family, Psychodidae. The Japanese name was translated from the German Schmetterlingsmücken by a scholar in the Meiji period, and together with the English name, it means a fly with wings that have scales like those of Lepidoptera insects (butterflies and moths). Taxonomically, they are more closely related to mosquitoes than to flies, and about 60 species have been recorded in Japan. Adults are mostly small, with body lengths of 1 to 5 mm, and have black or gray-brown markings on their wings, which they fold in a roof shape when at rest.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

双翅目チョウバエ科Psychodidaeに属する昆虫の総称。和名は明治のころの学者がドイツ語のSchmetterlingsmückenを訳したもので，英名とともに翅に鱗翅目昆虫(チョウ，ガ)のような鱗毛をもつハエの意味である。分類学上はハエよりもカに近縁で，日本からは約60種が記録されている。成虫の体長は1～5mm，小型のものが多く，翅には黒色または灰褐色の斑紋をもち，静止するときには翅を屋根型にたたむ。

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