Cheilosia corydon

Cheilosia corydon

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Cheilosia grossa is a widespread European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in spring on sallow catkins and the larvae tunnel in the stems of various thistle species. Description For terms see Morphology of Diptera The wing length is 8·5-11·75 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) S. Rae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCheilosia grossa, Wikipedia contributors

Cheilosia corydon

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