Ferdinandea cuprea

Ferdinandea cuprea
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Ferdinandea
Species: F. cuprea
Binomial name
Ferdinandea cuprea
(Scopoli, 1763)

Ferdinandea cuprea is a European species of hoverfly notable for its brassy abdomen. The larvae have been found in sap from trunk damage on oak and ash.[1]

References

  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 266, xv pp. ISBN 0-9502891-9-1.
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