# Tipula luna

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Species of fly

Tipula luna Tipula luna male Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Tipulidae Genus: Tipula Subgenus: Acutipula Species: T. luna Binomial name Tipula luna Westhoff, 1879 Synonyms Tipula lunata Meigen, 1818

***Tipula luna*** is a species of [true cranefly](/source/Tipulidae). It is commonly known as the **moon cranefly**.

## Etymology

The moon cranefly gets its [common name](/source/Common_name) from its [scientific name](/source/Scientific_name), *Tipula luna*. When translated to English, 'luna' becomes 'moon'.

## Distribution

The moon cranefly is native to [Europe](/source/Europe), where it is widespread throughout the whole continent.

## References

- ["Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)"](https://ccw.naturalis.nl/). Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Tipula luna](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tipula_luna).

- [BioLib](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id118738/)

Taxon identifiers Tipula luna Wikidata: Q615961 BioLib: 118738 BOLD: 266354 EoL: 411428 EUNIS: 148576 Fauna Europaea: 146930 Fauna Europaea (new): 098f6d8f-361d-46b1-b0a7-13b4b54f17c7 GBIF: 1505482 iNaturalist: 637683 IRMNG: 10038096 NBN: NBNSYS0000008043 NCBI: 1118048 Open Tree of Life: 1075976

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