Eupeodes corollae

Eupeodes corollae
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Eupeodes
Subgenus:	Eupeodes
Species:	E. corollae
Binomial name
Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
Eupeodes consisto (Harris, 1780) Musca consisto Harris, 1780 Syrphus corollae Fabricius, 1794

Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly.^[1] Adults are 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in) in body length. Males and females have different marking on the abdomen; males have square commas on tergites 3 and 4, whereas females have narrow commas. Larvae feed on aphids. This species has been used experimentally in glasshouses as a method of aphid control,^[2] and to control scale insects and aphids in fruit plantations. They were found to be partial to the fruit, eating more fruit than aphids.^[3]

E. corollae is found across Europe, North Africa and Asia. Adults are often migratory.^[4]

References

1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
2. Santos Rojo; Keith R. Hopper; M. Angeles Marcos-García (2004). "Fitness of the hover flies Episyrphus balteatus and Eupeodes corollae faced with limited larval prey". Journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Springer Netherlands. 81 (1): 53–59. doi:10.1007/BF00187838. ISSN 0013-8703.
3. Jacopo Rossi; Ursula Gamba; Massimo Pinna; Sandra Spagnolo; Cristina Visentin; Alberto Alma (2006). "Hoverflies in organic apple orchards in north-western Italy" (PDF). Bulletin of Insectology. Bologna: Facolta' Di Agraria Universita' Di Bologna. 59 (2): 111–114. ISSN 1721-8861. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
4. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.