Cheilosia albipila

Cheilosia albipila
Cheilosia albipila male
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species:
C. albipila
Binomial name
Cheilosia albipila
Meigen, 1838
Synonyms
  • Cheilosia flavicornis Verrall, 1870
  • Cheilosia flavipes Walker, 1851
  • Chilosia flavicornis Verrall, 1870

Cheilosia albipila is a European and Palearctic species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. It is little recorded but probably widespread and common and maybe overlooked because adult flight periods are early in the year, before many hoverfly recorders are active.