Anthomyiidae
plural noun
An·tho·my·ii·dae
: a large family of two-winged flies closely related to the houseflies but usually distinguished by a bristly abdomen and bristleless pleura and including a number of species of economic importance because of their plant-eating larvae (as the onion maggot, wheat bulb fly, and cabbage maggot)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Anthomyia, type genus (from anth- entry 1 + -myia) + -idae