Leucozona laternaria (Muller, 1776)
(a hoverfly)

Interactions where Leucozona laternaria is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is predator of Cavariella willow aphids Hemiptera: Aphididae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Leucozona laternaria/Leucozona laternariaa hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cavariella/Cavariellawillow aphids
larva larva is associated with aphid-infested APIACEAE umbellifers Apiales Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Leucozona laternaria/Leucozona laternariaa hoverflylarva Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Apiaceaeumbellifersaphid-infested

Author & YearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Leucozona laternaria (a hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Leucozona laternaria (a hoverfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeucozona laternaria (a hoverfly)
GenusLeucozona (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeSyrphini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leucozona laternaria (a hoverfly)

Leucozona laternaria (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Morris, R.K.A. 2005 Have there been changes in the frequency of Leucozona glaucia (Linnaeus) and L. laternaria (Müller) (Diptera, Syrphidae) since 2000? Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 60.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Leucozona laternaria (a hoverfly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Leucozona laternaria (a hoverfly)
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