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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » marginatum group (Copestylum marginatum group) » Copestylum marginatum
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Copestylum - Copestylum marginatum - female
Copyright © 2009 Hartmut Wisch

Copestylum - Copestylum marginatum - Female
Eaton Canyon Natural Area, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
February 27, 2008
On Encelia californica.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 28 July, 2009 - 2:40pm
Last updated 1 January, 2022 - 11:16am

Moved
Moved from marginatum group.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 1 January, 2022 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Martin Hauser, 28 February, 2015 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Did you notice a black stripe on the face?
If so, Copestylum marginatum.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 July, 2009 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Not necessarily -
I wish it were that easy. It does have a black stripe, but I have photos of a C. lentum specimen from LACNHM with such a feature. Other characters may weigh in, such as hairyness; see Martin Hauser's comments here:
… Hartmut Wisch, 28 July, 2009 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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