Epistrophella emarginata (Say, 1823)

Slender Smoothtail Hoverfly

Synonyms: Epistrophe emarginata, Scaeva emarginata, Syrphus disjectus, Syrphus disjunctus, Syrphus infuscata, Syrphus infuscatus, Syrphus invigorus, Syrphus maculifrons, Syrphus weborgi, Xanthogramma aenea, Xanthogramma divisa, Xanthogramma felix, Xanthogramma fragila

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Diptera

Family: Syrphidae

Genus: Epistrophella

Species: Epistrophella emarginata

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Epistrophella emarginata