| Epistrophe eligans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Epistrophe |
| Species: | E. eligans |
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| Epistrophe eligans | |
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Epistrophe eligans is a European species of hoverfly. [2] [3] [4] [5]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6·25-9·5 mm. Eyes bare. Stigma pale yellow. Tergite 4 with smaller yellow markings than tergite 3 or tergite 4 black. [5] [6] [7] [8] The larva is illustrated by Rotheray (1993) [9] The male genitalia are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967). [10]
Palaearctic. [11] South Sweden to Iberia. Ireland East through Central and South Europe into Turkey and European Russia as far as the Caucasus. [12]
The habitat is deciduous woodland and scrub, suburban gardens, parks. [13] Found by tracksides, clearings. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Acer pseudoplatanus, Cistus, Crataegus, Endymion, Euonymus, Euphorbia, Ilex, Prunus spinosa, Stellaria, Viburnum opulus. [14] The flight period is April to June (earlier in southern areas, later at higher altitudes and northerly latitudes). The larva is aphid feeding on shrubs and trees.
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