Pelecocera tricincta is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Pelecocera |
| Species: | P. tricincta
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Description
editPelecocera tricincta is a small a hoverfly reaching a length of 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in). It has a black scutellum, three black bands on the yellow abdomen and swollen triangular third antennal segments.
Adults can be found from June to October, when they visit yellow composites such as Hieracium, flowers of Common Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), heather (Calluna) and Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix).
Distribution
editThis species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in North Africa.
Habitat
editThis species is usually associated with the margins of bogs, wet heaths, mires and heathlands.
References
edit- ^ Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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