About Acidia cognata (Wiedemann, 1817)
Acidia cognata is a relatively large species of fly. Its body length reaches 6.5–7.0 millimetres (0.26–0.28 in), and wing length reaches 4.9–6.9 millimetres (0.19–0.27 in). This species has a golden orange-brown body. Its head is pale yellow-white, with bright red eyes and a dull stripe on the forehead. The wings have distinct coloration and bear five interconnected dark grey or brownish bands. The first band starts at the base of the wings, and the fifth band is located on the wing tip. This species can be found across most of Europe, including Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine, as well as in Brazil. These flies mainly inhabit meadows and spruce forest edges.
