Eupeodes bucculatus

Eupeodes bucculatus is a Palearctic hoverfly.

Eupeodes bucculatus
Eupeodes bucculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Eupeodes
Subgenus:	Eupeodes
Species:	E. bucculatus
Binomial name
Eupeodes bucculatus (Rondani, 1857 )
Synonyms
Syrphus latilunulatus (Collin, 1931)

Description

External images Eupeodes bucculatus is very similar to Eupeodes luniger, Eupeodes latifasciatus, and Eupeodes nielseni and difficult to identify ^{[1] [2]} The adult insect is illustrated in colour by Torp (1994) and Bartsch et al (2009).^[3] and Torp (1994) ^[4]

Distribution

Norway, Sweden and Denmark south to Portugal and Italy. Ireland east through Central Europe to Switzerland.^[5]

Biology

Found along riverside and alluvial forest of Populus and Salix and in mature fen carr of Salix and Betula. Flowers visited include Euphorbia, Narthecium, Salix, Sorbus aucuparia and Stellaria. Adults fly April to May and July to August.