Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Scientific name Leucozona glaucia | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Leucozona Rank Species | |
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Similar Leucozona, Leucozona laternaria, Meliscaeva cinctella, Leucozona lucorum, Cheilosia illustrata | ||
Leucozona glaucia syrphidae dipt re bruitx
Leucozona glaucia is a Palearctic hoverfly. Larvae feed on ground layer aphids. Adults are usually seen visiting flowers.
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Hoverflies leucozona glaucia cornwall
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 8-11ยท25 mm.Scutellum yellow.Tergite 2 has large silverish-white to yellowish- white marks (often merged).Tergites 3 and 4 have narrow or absent markings. The male genitalia are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967) . The larva is figured by (Dusek and Laska (1962) See references for determination
Distribution
Palearctic from Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees.Ireland East through Central Europe into Turkey and European Russia, Russan Far East and Siberia and the Pacific coast (Kuril Islands and Japan).
Biology
Habitat: Quercus and Fagus forest, riverine gallery forest of Fraxinus and Salix, beside streams, in clearings, along tracks. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Filipendula, Sambucus, Senecio. The flight period is May to September, with the peak in July and August.The larvae feed on aphids.