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Epistrophella emarginata

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Epistrophella emarginata is a common North American species of hoverfly.[1] Its larvae are aphid predators.[2] When laying eggs, the female oviposits on the petioles of a leaf.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
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Epistrophella emarginata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Epistrophella
Species:
E. emarginata
Binomial name
Epistrophella emarginata
(Say, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Scaeva emarginata Say, 1823
  • Syrphus disjectus Williston, 1887
  • Syrphus disjunctus Williston, 1882
  • Syrphus infuscatus Fluke, 1931
  • Syrphus invigorus Curran, 1921
  • Syrphus maculifrons Bigot, 1884
  • Syrphus weborgi Fluke, 1931
  • Xanthogramma aenea Jones, 1907
  • Xanthogramma divisa Williston, 1882
  • Xanthogramma felix Osten Sacken, 1875
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