Cheilosia psilophthalma is a Palearctic hoverfly closely related and very similar to Cheilosia latigenis, Cheilosia mutabilis and Cheilosia urbana .[1][2][3][4][5] It is a rare and little known species recorded from Scandinavia, Ireland, Britain, France, Poland, Switzerland, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine and European Russia.[6] Flowers visited include Acer platanoides, Anemone nemorosa, Primula veris, Prunus spinosa and Salix spp. Cheilosia psilophthalma flies in April and May (July at higher altitudes). Open, grassy areas within sparse woodland and unimproved, montane subalpine grassland are preferred habitats.[7] Larvae are recorded as developing in Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium caespitosum.[8]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Cheilosia |
| Species: | C. psilophthalma
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheilosia psilophthalma (Becker, 1894)
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References
edit- ^ Prokhorov, A., Popov, G. and Zaika,M 2018 New Records of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Ukraine. I. Milesiini and Rhingiini Vestnik Zoologii, 2018, Vol.52(1), pp.13-20 [New Records of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Ukraine. I. Milesiini and Rhingiini Vestnik Zoologii, 2018, Vol.52(1), pp.13-20 pdf
- ^ Speight, M.C.D. (1996) Cheilosia psilophthalma and Odinia boletina: insects new to Ireland and Sapromyza sexpunctata confirmed as an Irish species (Diptera: Syrphidae, Odiniidae and Lauxaniidae). Ir.nat.J., 25: 178-182.
- ^ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
- ^ Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 271, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-3-2.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the Database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
- ^ Grosskopf, G., Smith, L.A. & Syrett, P. (2001) Host range of Cheilosia urbana (Meigen) and Cheilosia psilophthalma (Becker) (Diptera: Syrphidae), candidates for the biological control of invasive alien hawkweeds (Hieracium spp., Asteraceae) in New Zealand.Biological Control, 24: 7-19.