Epistrophella emarginata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Epistrophella |
| Species: | E. emarginata
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| Epistrophella emarginata (Say, 1823)
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Epistrophella emarginata is a common North American species of hoverfly.[1] Larvae are aphid predators [2] When laying eggs, the female oviposits on the petioles of a leaf.[3]
Distribution
- USA: D.C., Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
- Canada: Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
- Central America: Mexico, El Salvador[4]
References
- ^ Vockeroth, J.R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456. ISBN 0-660-13830-1.
- ^ Heiss, Elizabeth Madeleine (1938). "A classification of the larvae and puparia of the Syrphidae of Illinois exclusive of aquatic forms". Series: Illinois biological monographs. 16: 1–142.
- ^ Almohamad, Raki; Verheggen, François; Haubruge, Eric (2009). "Searching and oviposition behavior of aphidophagous hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): a review". Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement. 13 (3). ISSN 1370-6233. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Epistrophella emarginata (Say, 1823)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-01-02.