Acinia corniculata (Zetterstedt, 1819), (scarce knapweed fly)


7 Jul 2004 at OSGR: SU65 in North Hants, England

Record SummaryFemale, on Lesser Knapweed
Found asFemale imago
Date7 July 2004
Associated organismCentaurea nigra
OS grid refOSGR: SU65
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 0’ W
Vice CountyNorth Hants, VC no: 12
CountryEngland

Notes: Only one specimen seen, and this seen three times, as as it kept disappearing into the plant when I tried to photograph it, then crawling back to the top when I next went past. Identified from photos (mainly wing pattern).

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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