Tropidia scita

Tropidia scita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Tropidia
Species: T. scita
Binomial name
Tropidia scita
(Harris, 1780)

Tropidia scita is a common European species of hoverfly associated with wetlands, ponds, ditches etc. The larvae have been recorded living in the basal sheaths of Typha.[1]

References

  1. Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.