Eupeodes volucris Osten Sacken, 1877
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Identification
Pale yellow colour frons and face, dark brown to black median stripe on lower three-fifths of the face, black antenna, scutellum with pale hairs, wing extensively bare, terga 2-4 each with well-separated pair of large pale yellow spots, spots of terga 3 and 4 slightly oblique and with anterior margin slightly concave (Vockeroth 1992). Length: 6.3-9.8 mm (Vockeroth 1992)
Biology
Eupeodes volucris is multivoltine. Larvae of Eupeodes volucris feed on several species of aphids (Láska and Starý, 1980).
Distribution
Canada South to California, Texas, Mexico, and Louisiana (Vockeroth 1992).
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Subphylum
Hexapoda
Class
Insecta
Subclass
Pterygota
Infraclass
Neoptera
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Infraorder
Muscomorpha
Family
Syrphidae
Subfamily
Syrphinae
Tribe
Syrphini
Genus
Eupeodes
Species
Eupeodes volucris
Osten Sacken, 1877
Synonym(s)