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Oblique Stripetail

Allograpta obliqua

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae

Allograpta obliqua is a common North American species of hoverfly, commonly known as oblique streaktail. The larvae are important predators of aphids while adults are pollinators. Description Adults are 6–7 mm long, with yellow stripes on the thorax and cross banding on the abdomen with four longitudinal, yellow stripes or spots on the fourth and fifth tergite.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 7,441Canada · 411Mexico · 103Argentina · 6Netherlands · 3France · 2United Kingdom · 2Brazil · 1