Status Rank Description:
Exotic species. Close association with cattle. Widespread in CA and synantropic species. Marquez, J.G. and Krafsur, E.S., 2002. Gene flow among geographically diverse housefly populations (Musca domestica L.): a worldwide survey of mitochondrial diversity. Journal of Heredity, 93(4), pp.254-259; Legner, E.F. and McCoy, C.W., 1966. The housefly, Musca domestica Linnaeus, as an exotic species in the Western Hemisphere incites biological control studies. The Canadian Entomologist, 98(03), pp.243-248.
Decision Process Description:
Draft rank by Veronique Bellavance (2019), contract with ECCC, reviewed by SC, ENR.
