Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Elachiptera ?

Posted by Lippo on 25-07-2020 10:17
#1

SW France this morning in a wet area on a sedge. Body length 3 mm max.

Could it be Elachiptera bimaculata ?

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 15-08-2020 18:57
#2

Chloropidae, Oscinellinae, Elachiptera bimaculata (Loew, 1845). Extremely abundant on Brassicaceae in Mediterranean water ditches, develops on Nasturtium officinale.

Posted by Lippo on 19-08-2020 13:39
#3

OK, many thanks, |t