| Pipiza noctiluca | |
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| Pipiza noctiluca in Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 6) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pipizinae |
| Tribe: | Pipizini |
| Genus: | Pipiza |
| Species: | P. noctiluca |
| Binomial name | |
| Pipiza noctiluca | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Pipiza noctiluca is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. [2]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6.5 -8mm. Tarsae1: segments 1-2 yellowish; face broadened towards mouth edge with eye margins divergent. Wing: dark cloud at median.3rd segment as long as wide. Abdomen yellow spots with small or abdomen entirely grey black. See references for determination. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Palearctic Atlantic zone of Europe and Scandinavia. All Europe if older records are accepted [7] [8]
Habitat: Salix stands and Quercus woodland, Atlantic scrub, conifer forest, conifer plantations. Suburban gardens and along hedges in farmland. [9] Flowers visited include umbellifers, Crataegus, Filipendula, Ranunculus, Rosa, Stellaria, Taraxacum. [10] Flies May to September. Pipiza larvae are predators of gall forming aphids.
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