Ocyptamus fuscipennis explained

Ocyptamus fuscipennis is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. This fly can be found throughout North America, as well as in Cuba. In Puerto Rico, this species in its larval stage is an predator of autumn cohorts of Toxoptera citricida.[1] [2] Adult flies are known to visit Xyris tennesseensis flowers.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Michaud . J.P. . Sources of mortality in colonies of brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida . BioControl . 1999 . 44 . 3 . 347–367 . 10.1023/A:1009955816396.
  2. Boyd . Robert S. . Teem . Allison . Wall . Michael A. . Floral Biology of an Alabama Population of the Federally Endangered Plant, Xyris tennesseensis Kral (Xyridaceae) . Castanea . September 2011 . 76 . 3 . 255–265 . 10.2179/11-006.1.
  3. Moffett . James Mincy . Boyd . Robert S. . Management of a Population of the Federally Endangered Xyris tennesseensis (Tennessee Yellow-Eyed Grass) . Castanea . September 2013 . 78 . 3 . 198–212 . 10.2179/12-034.

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