Phaonia jaroschewskii

Phaonia jaroschewskii, the hairy canary fly, is a yellow European muscid fly. This species is found on sphagnum moss on healthy wet bog ecosystems. The larvae feed on these sphagnum bog mosses. It is of interest as an indicator of the health of these bogs, as it will disappear if the bog deteriorates. For this reason the hairy canary fly is one of the species listed in the United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan.

Phaonia jaroschewskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Muscidae
Subfamily:	Phaoniinae
Tribe:	Phaoniini
Genus:	Phaonia
Species:	P. jaroschewskii
Binomial name
Phaonia jaroschewskii (Schnabl, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
Aricia jaroschewskii Schnabl, 1888[1] Phaonia crinipes Ringdahl, 1913