Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Strange pattern_ Graphocephala fennahi

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-10-2020 17:52
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Hi Eric,

eklans wrote:
a strange pattern for Graphocephala fennahi but common for Zygina tiliae.


as there are at least 16 species of Zygina in Germany, several of them with a similar pattern, how do you arrive at Z. tiliae without knowledge of the host plant? At the moment Z. flammigera is very common here (on Carpinus etc.).

@Lothar: Graphocephala fennahi measures 7-9 mm. The one below I did not find on Rhododendron in our garden (as usual), but on Rubus fruticosus agg next to a forest path three days ago.