BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Xanthandrus comtus (Harris, 1780) (a hoverfly)
Suggested Literature
Xanthandrus comtus may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Xanthandrus comtus is associated with:
| larva | Caloptilia syringella - a micro-moth (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) | larva is predator of larva | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | ||
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larva | Tortricidae - tortrix moths (Lepidoptera) | larva is predator of gregarious larva | 
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Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [microlepidoptera] |
| larva | Ancylis apicella - a tortrix moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) | larva is predator of larva | 
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Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | |
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larva | Yponomeutidae - small ermine moths (Lepidoptera) | larva is predator of gregarious larva | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 |
There may be more taxa associated with Xanthandrus comtus listed at higher taxonomic level
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DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
Associated with Xanthandrus comtus:
Xanthandrus comtus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
References
| Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe |
