Pelecinobaccha costata, the cobalt hover fly, is a species of fly in the family Syrphidae. It is distributed from southern Ontario and the eastern United States. The larvae are predators of scale insects.[1] [2] [3]
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Species: | P. costata
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Pelecinobaccha costata (Say, 1829)
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References
edit- ^ "Pelecinobaccha costata". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ "Pelecinobaccha costata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Miranda, Gil Felipe Gonçalves (2011). An Overview of The Genus Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834, With a Revision Of The Ocyptamus Tristis Species Group (PDF) (Thesis). University of Guelph. Retrieved 2023-01-03.