Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00682
Allograpta exotica
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About Allograpta exotica
Allograpta exotica is a member of Syrphidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive.
Allograpta exotica is an adventive flower fly documented from Kauaʻi. Adults visit flowers, while larvae are aphid predators and have a very different body form.
Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: Hawaii Biological Survey states Allograpta exotica was known from Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi before its Kahoʻolawe record.
The cited occurrence evidence does not by itself establish current abundance or population trend on Kauaʻi.
Life cycle
Egg; larva; pupa; adult.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Allograpta exotica
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced / adventive
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Allograpta exotica is a member of Syrphidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive.