| Chrysogaster virescens | |
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| female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Brachyopini |
| Subtribe: | Brachyopina |
| Genus: | Chrysogaster |
| Species: | C. virescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysogaster virescens | |
| Synonyms | |
Chrysogaster virescens is a European species of hoverfly. [2]
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Wing length 5·75-6·75 mm. Antennae partly red. Face twice as wide as maximum width of an eye. Wings at most tinged brown on anterior part. Pleurae not pruinose. Male face with central knob small. [3] [4] [5] [6] The male genitalia are figured by Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau (1994) . [7]
South Finland, Ireland, Britain and the Atlantic seaboard of Europe from Denmark to the Pyrenees and northern Spain. Also in Switzerland in Central Europe. [8] [9]
Habitat: Woodland and wetland; fen carr, areas with flushes and streams in deciduous forest. AlnusSalix carr and poorly-drained scrub, streamsides in woodland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Filipendula, Ilex, Iris, Ranunculus. The flight period is end of April to mid July. [10] [11]
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