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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Poecilanthrax » Poecilanthrax lucifer

Species Poecilanthrax lucifer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Food
bee fly - Poecilanthrax lucifer - female Poecilanthrax, maybe lucifer? - Poecilanthrax lucifer - female Unknown Syrphid (bee mimic) - Poecilanthrax lucifer Bee fly on a flower - Poecilanthrax lucifer Bee fly, Villa? - Poecilanthrax lucifer bee fly? Poecilanthrax lucifer? - Poecilanthrax lucifer P1050860 (2) - Poecilanthrax lucifer lucifer - Poecilanthrax lucifer - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Anthracinae
Tribe Villini
Genus Poecilanthrax
Species lucifer (Poecilanthrax lucifer)
Explanation of Names
Poecilanthrax lucifer (Fabricius 1775)
Food
The larvae feed on the moth larva of members of the family Noctuidae
Contributed by Joel Kits on 29 March, 2007 - 9:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov
Last updated 11 April, 2018 - 3:51pm

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