Pelecocera tricincta

Pelecocera tricincta
Pelecocera tricincta, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Section: Aschiza
Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Pelecocerini
Genus: Pelecocera
Species: P. tricincta
Binomial name
Pelecocera tricincta
Meigen, 1822

Pelecocera tricincta is a species of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae.

Description

Pelecocera tricincta is a small a hoverfly reaching a length of 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in). It has a black scutellum, three black bands on the yellow abdomen and swollen triangular third antennal segments.

Adults can be found from June to October, when they visit yellow composites such as Hieracium, flowers of Common Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), heather (Calluna) and Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix).

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the East Palaearctic ecozone and in North Africa.

Habitat

This species is usually associated with the margins of bogs, wet heaths, mires and heathlands.

References


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