Pelecinobaccha costata

Pelecinobaccha costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Pelecinobaccha
Species:	P. costata
Binomial name
	Pelecinobaccha costata; (Say, 1829)
Synonyms
	Ocyptamus costatus (Say, 1829); Baccha costalis Wiedemann, 1830; Baccha costata Say, 1829; Baccha tarchetia Walker, 1849;

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]

References

^ "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.

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[gbif-1] "Pelecinobaccha costata". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-01-04.

[buglink-2] "Pelecinobaccha costata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2023-01-03.

[3] 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.

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