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Cheilosia corydon

Synonyms: Cheilosia grossa (homotypic); Eristalis grossa (homotypic); Milesia mollis; Musca coryden; Musca corydon

Wikipedia Abstract

Cheilosia grossa is a widespread European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in spring on sallow catkins and the larvae tunnel in the stems of various thistle species.
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Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cheilosia vulpina1
Sericomyia silentis1
Stenurella melanura2

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♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0