Leucozona lucorum
Leucozona lucorum is a Palearctic and Nearctic species of hoverfly.
Description
Leucozona lucorum typically has a wing length of 7 ·75–10 mm. The face is yellow-dusted either side of the shining black median area. The thorax is yellowish-green with long reddish hairs, whilst the scutellum is yellow. The abdomen is black with long and abundant, partly pale yellow or whitish yellow and partly black hairs. A conspicuous brown spot can be found on the wings. The male genitalia and larvae are figured by Dusek and Laska. The larva is figured in colour by Rotheray.See references for determination.
Distribution
Leucozona lucorum is widely distributed across the Palearctic and the Nearctic regions.In the Palearctic, it occurs from Fennoscandia south to the Pyrenees and North Spain and from Ireland east through North and Central Europe into Turkey and European Russia, the Russian Far East and Siberia and the Pacific coast. It is common in England.
In the Nearctic, it occurs from Alaska south to Oregon and New York.