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Lauxaniidae · girinukės

EN · lauxaniid flies DE · Polierfliegen, Faulfliegen LV · mežumušu dzimta PL · kalnicowate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauxaniidae Most species inhabit forests, where the adults usually are found sitting on leaves of the understory. The larvae are mostly saprophagous, feeding in leaf litter, soil, bird nests, etc. Larvae of some mine fallen leaves, others live in rotten wood, and some cause deformation of the flowers and pistils of violets.