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Species Cheilosia grossa

Diptera, unidentified - Cheilosia grossa

A drone fly? on pussy willow - Cheilosia grossa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Rhingiini

Subtribe Cheilosiina

Genus Cheilosia

Species grossa (Cheilosia grossa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cheilosia corydon (Harris 1780)

Explanation of Names

Cheilosia grossa (Fallén 1817)

Identification

dark bodied with red brown hairs

Range

native to, and widespread across Europe, introduced in NA(1)

Food

Larvae feed on thistles

Remarks

Introduced in US to control thistles

Works Cited

1.	Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 13 January, 2015 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 9 March, 2017 - 5:41pm

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