alleryThe housefly, Musca domestica, belongs to which order?
- Hymenoptera
- Coleoptera
- Diptera
- Lepidoptera
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Correct answer: C. Diptera
The housefly is in family Muscidae of order Diptera, the true flies.
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Wheat, Triticum aestivum, belongs to which family?
- Fabaceae
- Anacardiaceae
- Solanaceae
- Poaceae
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Correct answer: D. Poaceae
Wheat is a grass and is placed in the family Poaceae, order Poales.
Mango, Mangifera indica, is placed in which order?
- Polymoniales
- Rosales
- Poales
- Sapindales
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Correct answer: D. Sapindales
Mango belongs to family Anacardiaceae, which sits in the order Sapindales.
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