About Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ceroxys urticae, commonly called the band-winged wingwaver, is a species of picture-winged fly. It belongs to the genus Ceroxys within the family Ulidiidae. This species is distributed across most of Europe, and can also be found in Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The plants that this fly lives on include alfalfa, true grasses in the family Poaceae, Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), and wild sugarcane.
