| Aphria longirostris (Meigen, 1824) | Data | Map | Records |
| Sub-family:TACHININAE | Tribe: LESKIINI | ||||||||
| Synonyms: longirostris (Meigen, 1824 - Tachina) |
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| Shaw & Ford (1991): - | |||||||||
| Belshaw (1993): Hosts: uncertain. In Britain Hyloicus pinastni (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) (NHM). In Europe one record from Sciota hostilis (Lep.: Pyralidae). Emden (1954) states recorded from Agrotidae larvae. British distribution: S.England (south of a Bristol-London line). Habitat: heathland and downland (Emden, 1954). In Europe usually found in sandy areas (Herting, 1960). Flight period: late May to late August (35 records). | |||||||||
| Tschorsnig (1994): Europe to Scandinavia; HE BY NB / CH. Dry warm areas. Mid May to Mid September. Rare (commoner in South European mountains). Nephopteryx hostilis Steph N. rhenella Zinck. (Pyralidae). | |||||||||
| JNCC Calypterate Review (1996): DISTRIBUTION Southern England, south of a line joining London and Bristol. HABITAT Heathland and downland. ECOLOGY Reared from caterpillars of the Pine Hawk-moth, Hyloicus pinastri (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Adults from May to August. STATUS There are very few post-1960 records, and the species has declined substantially this century. THREAT Changes in grazing management of grassland sites with subsequent changes in grassland structure; conversion of heathland to intensive forestry. MANAGEMENT Maintain a mosaic of vegetation types on grassland and heathland using rotational grazing regimes if necessary and controlling the excessive encroachment of scrub. | |||||||||
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| Legend: GBGRB=Great Britain, GBNI=Northern Ireland, IE=Ireland, GBCI=Channel Islands (P=present or -=absent); BENHS indicates whether the BENHS collection has it and which draw/column it is in. Status is taken from the JNCC Calypterate Review (1996) and the JNCC Recorder package (1997). Synonyms were taken from a number of sources but most notably the most recent Checklist of British Diptera by Peter Chandler. | |||||||||
| Acknowledgements: Many thanks to all the authors who let me use their information to construct this database. If there are spelling mistakes they were introduced by me during transcription and should not reflect on the original authors. | |||||||||
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