Specimen photographed in Göttingen (Niedersachsen) on July 27, 2008.
Subspecies
No subspecies are recognized.
Synonyms
Musca pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758
Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiophthicus pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiopthicus pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Catabomba pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Musca rosae DeGeer, 1776
Musca mellina Harris, 1780 (nec Linnaeus, 1758; junior primary homonym)
Syrphus transfugus Fabricius, 1794
Scaeva transfuga (Fabricius, 1794)
Scaeva selenitica unicolor Curtis, 1834
Syrphus pyrastri flavoscutellata Girschner, 1884
Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiophthicus pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiopthicus pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Catabomba pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Musca rosae DeGeer, 1776
Musca mellina Harris, 1780 (nec Linnaeus, 1758; junior primary homonym)
Syrphus transfugus Fabricius, 1794
Scaeva transfuga (Fabricius, 1794)
Scaeva selenitica unicolor Curtis, 1834
Syrphus pyrastri flavoscutellata Girschner, 1884
Identification
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Distribution
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Biology
Has been named as the host of the braconid
wasp Cotesia
lineola by Curtis (1830).
Curtis J. 1830. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. Vol III. E. Ellis and Co., Simpkin and Marshall, J. B. Bailliere, London.
Curtis J. 1830. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. Vol III. E. Ellis and Co., Simpkin and Marshall, J. B. Bailliere, London.