Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Scientific name Cheilosia carbonaria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Cheilosia Rank Species | |
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Similar Cheilosia impressa, Cheilosia albipila, Cheilosia grossa, Cheilosia variabilis | ||
Cheilosia carbonaria pest enka
Cheilosia carbonaria is a European species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. It is little recorded, and is considered rare and scarce throughout most of its range.
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Distribution
It is distributed from Scandinavia to France, and from the southern part of the UK eastwards through most of central Europe as far south as Greece.
References
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