Ischiodon scutellaris
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| Ischiodon scutellaris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Ischiodon |
| Species: | I. scutellaris |
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| Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805) | |
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Ischiodon scutellaris, commonly known as the common hover fly or yellow-shouldered hover fly,[1] is a species of hover fly found in India, Turkey to Japan and Australia, as well as all the Pacific islands except for Hawaii.[2][3]
Larvae feed on aphids, and are considered an effective biological control agent.[4]
