Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Scientific name Sericomyia lappona | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Sericomyia Rank Species | |
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Similar Sericomyia, Sericomyia silentis, Xylota sylvarum, Meliscaeva cinctella, Anasimyia interpuncta | ||
Sericomyia lappona pest enka
Sericomyia lappona, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout the Palearctic.
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Sericomyia lappona pest enka
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 9ยท5-14 mm.Knob of halteres black.Legs reddish, femorae darkened at base.Tergites 3 and 4 bands whitish-yellow and narrow (less than 1/3 tergite length), and with a short median interruption.Scutellum reddish. See references for determination
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees.Ireland East through North Europe, Central Europe and South Europe (North Italy, Yugoslavia) into European Russia and through Siberia and the Russian Far East to the Pacific coast (Sakhalin Island).
Biology
Habitat:Quercus, Betula, Pinus woodland, Salix carr, fen, bog and and moorland. Flies May to September.
References
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