Portevinia maculata

Portevinia maculata
Portevinia maculata (male)
Portevinia maculata (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Portevinia
Species: P. maculata
Binomial name
Portevinia maculata
(Fallén, 1817)

Portevinia maculata is a European species of hoverfly. The adults can be found around ramsons when the plants are in flower (May–June). The larvae tunnel through and overwinter in the bulbs of this plant.[1]

References

  1. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 267, xvpp.


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