White-bowed smoothwing

Scaeva affinis

Eyes with dense hair; upper 2/3 of male eye "with extensive area of almost uniformly enlarged facets; abdomen dark, with six white, curved stripes. Larvae are light green with a white dorsal longitudinal stripe. Usually with abdominal bands, but sometimes also in dark forms.
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Appearance

Eyes with dense hair; upper 2/3 of male eye "with extensive area of almost uniformly enlarged facets"(2); abdomen dark, with six white, curved stripes. Larvae are light green with a white dorsal longitudinal stripe.

Usually with abdominal bands, but sometimes also in dark forms
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Naming

Previously thought to represent a population of Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus 1758), which was found to be a Palearctic species
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Distribution

Holarctic; in NA, western (AK-CA to AB-NM)

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilySyrphidae
GenusScaeva
SpeciesScaeva affinis
Photographed in
United States of America