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Drain fly

Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893)

Status not recordedinsects

The drain fly (Clogmia albipunctata) is a species in the family Psychodidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the drain fly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the drain fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the drain fly as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Costa Rica

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the drain fly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the drain fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyPsychodidae
  6. genusClogmia
  7. SpeciesClogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893)

Synonyms Psychoda albipennis, Psychoda albipunctata, Psychoda guianica, Syntomolaba giesi, Telmatoscopus albipunctatus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Bathroom moth flyEnglish
  • Filter flyEnglish
  • Sewer gnatsEnglish
  • Toilet MothflyEnglish
  • White-spotted moth flyEnglish
  • KleinhuisiemotvliegAfrikaans
  • ذباب المجاريArabic
  • koutule skvrnitáCzech
  • Weißpunktierte SchmetterlingsmückeGerman
  • Mosquita de la humedadSpanish
  • PsychodeFrench
  • Mosca falenaItalian
  • オオチョウバエJapanese
  • 흰점나방파리Korean
  • Wc-motmugDutch
  • ćmianka łazienkowaPolish
  • Mosca-de-BanheiroPortuguese
  • Бабочница бледноточечнаяRussian
  • แมลงหวี่ขนจุดขาวThai
  • Tuvalet SineğiTurkish
  • 白斑蛾蚋Chinese
  • Mouche à drainsFrench
  • Mouche d'égoutFrench
  • Mouche des éviersFrench
  • Moucheron papillon des éviersFrench
  • Mosca del bagnoItalian
  • Mosca dello scaricoItalian
  • Mosca di fognaItalian
  • Moscerino dello scaricoItalian
  • オオケチョウバエJapanese
  • Witgepunte clogmiaDutch
  • 白斑蛾蚋 (大蛾蚋)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the drain fly

Other species in the same genus Clogmia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the drain fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the drain fly as introduced in 1 country: Costa Rica, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the drain fly?

The drain fly (Clogmia albipunctata) belongs to the family Psychodidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Drain fly (Clogmia albipunctata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/drain-fly

MLA

“Drain fly (Clogmia albipunctata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/drain-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{drain_fly_2026,
  title = {Drain fly (Clogmia albipunctata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/drain-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}