Eupeodes corollae
Eupeodes corollae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Eupeodes |
Subgenus: | Eupeodes |
Species: | E. corollae |
Binomial name | |
Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius, 1794) | |
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Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly.[1] Adults are 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in) in body length. Males and females have different marking on the abdomen; males have square commas on tergites 3 and 4, whereas females have narrow commas. Larvae feed on aphids. This species has been used experimentally in glasshouses as a method of aphid control,[2] and to control scale insects and aphids in fruit plantations. They were found to be partial to the fruit, eating more fruit than aphids.[3]
E. corollae is found across Europe, North Africa and Asia. Adults are often migratory.[4]
References
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
- ↑ Santos Rojo, Keith R. Hopper and M. Angeles Marcos-García (2004). "Fitness of the hover flies Episyrphus balteatus and Eupeodes corollae faced with limited larval prey". Journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Springer Netherlands) 81 (1): 53–59. doi:10.1007/BF00187838. ISSN 0013-8703.
- ↑ Jacopo Rossi, Ursula Gamba, Massimo Pinna, Sandra Spagnolo, Cristina Visentin, Alberto Alma (2006). "Hoverflies in organic apple orchards in north-western Italy" (PDF). Bulletin of Insectology (Bologna: Facolta' Di Agraria Universita' Di Bologna) 59 (2): 111–114. ISSN 1721-8861. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ↑ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
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