Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Genus Leucozona Scientific name Leucozona lucorum Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Family Syrphidae Subgenus Leucozona Higher classification Leucozona | |
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Similar Leucozona, Hoverfly, Fly, Insect, Chrysotoxum bicinctum | ||
Leucozona lucorum is a Palearctic and Nearctic species of hoverfly.
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Description
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Wing length 7 ยท75-10 mm.Face yellow-dusted either side of shining black median area.Thorax yellowish-green with long reddish hairs.Scutellum yellow.Abdomen black with long and abundant, partly pale yellow or whitish yellow and partly black hairs.Wings with a conspicuous brown spot.The male genitalia and the larva are described and figured by Dusek & Laska (1967)The male genitalia and larva are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967). The larva is figured in colour by Rotheray (1994). See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic from Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and North Spain.Ireland East through North and Central Europe into Turkey and European Russia, Russian Far East and Siberia and the Pacific coast (Kuril Islands and Japan).Nearctic from Alaska South to Oregon and New York.
Biology
Habitat:Deciduous forest, scrub woodland and hedgerows, unimproved montane grassland. Clearings, tracksides.Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Acer pseudoplatanus, Centaurea, Cirsium palustre, Euphorbia, Filipendula, Polygonum cuspidatum, Rubus, Sorbus aucuparia, Taraxacum. The flight period is May to August.The larvae feed on aphids on ground flora.