Coenosia attenuate

Taxobox
name = "Coenosia attenuata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infrabordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Calyptratae
superfamilia = Muscoidea
familia = Muscidae
subfamilia = Coenosiinae
tribus = Coenosiini
genus = "Coenosia"
species = "C. attenuate"
binomial = "Coenosia attenuate"
binomial_authority = Stein, 1903

"Coenosia attenuata" (also sometimes cited as "Coenosia attenuate"), commonly called "hunter fly," is a predatory fly native to Southern Europe. It was first discovered in the United States in 2001 by an Integrated Pest Management scout in a greenhouse in New York State. It has since been found throughout North and South America. "Coenosia" have shown promise as a biological control agent of fungus gnats, shore flies, and other common greenhouse pests.