Chrysogaster virescens

Chrysogaster virescens is a European species of hoverfly.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5·75-6·75 mm.
Antennae partly red. Face twice as wide as maximum width of an eye. Wings at most tinged brown on anterior part. Pleurae not pruinose. Male face with central knob small.
The male genitalia are figured by Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau .

Distribution

South Finland, Ireland, Britain and the Atlantic seaboard of Europe from Denmark to the Pyrenees and northern Spain. Also in Switzerland in Central Europe.

Biology

Habitat: Woodland and wetland; fen carr, areas with flushes and streams in deciduous forest. Alnus ''Salix carr and poorly-drained scrub, streamsides in woodland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Filipendula, Ilex, Iris, Ranunculus''. The flight period is end of April to mid July.