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small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms; important disease-related genera are Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia, and Sergentomyia; moth flies occur near drains and sewers and do not bite; sandflies occur in warm climates near water and do bite.

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0182-2210