Cheilosia albitarsis

Cheilosia albitarsis
Cheilosia albitarsis (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species: C. albitarsis
Binomial name
Cheilosia albitarsis
(Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia albitarsis is an abundant European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in spring visiting buttercup flowers and this plant is also the larval hostplant.[1]

References

  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 245, xvpp.
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