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Leucozona laternaria (Müller, 1776)

Identification

Identification difficulty = 1. eyeball_icon camera_filled_icon according to Ball & Morris, 20241

Synonymy

Syrphus laternarius Mueller in Coe(1953)2.

Biology

The larva is associated with Cavariella aphids on white umbels. Its habits and requirements appear to be very similar to L. glaucia and the two are often found together on the same flowers.

Flight period

The following plots show the number of unique records per week excluding those reported to be of immature stages. Phenology plots for Leucozona laternaria

Distribution

Like L. glaucia, this species is widely distributed in well-wooded lowland areas throughout Britain, and the two are often found together. Despite showing a similar gap in its distribution in eastern England, this is a more eastern species than L. glaucia, and is much less frequent in South Wales and the south-west peninsula. Distribution map for Leucozona laternaria

Trends

The following plots show the Frescalo TFactor vs year and a map of the rescaled frequency (all records) for the species.Trend plots for Leucozona laternaria

  1. Ball, S., & Morris, R. (2024). Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland. WILDGuides (3rd ed.). Oxford: Princeton University Press. ↩

  2. Coe, R. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 10(1), 1–98. ↩