Eupeodes corollae

Eupeodes corollae
male
female
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)
Synonyms

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

  1. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
  2. ↑ Santos Rojo; Keith R. Hopper; 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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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