Sylvicola fenestralis
Sylvicola fenestralis
Sylvicola fenestralis is a mosquito within the family of window mosquitoes ( Anisopodidae ).
Features
The mosquitoes have a body length of 4.5 to 5.5 millimeters. Your body is reddish -yellow to brownish. The head is blackish gray colored and dusted. On the back it is long haired pale yellow, under the face reddish or pale yellowish. The thorax is reddish brown and bears graubereifte spots and almost three black stripes on the mesonotum, of which the middle is slightly shorter and narrow rear expires. The proboscis and the palps are black brown, the wings are brown spotted. Your Flügelmal ( pterostigma ) is centered yellow, colored brown on both ends. The wingtips wear a brown stain. The halteres are yellowish. The yellowish legs are short black hair. The legs ( femurs ) of the middle and rear legs are darkened at the side remote from the body, the legs of the rear legs also have a dark ring at the middle. The tergites on the abdomen are light brown and wearing black bars on its front edge. The sternites are lined with bright yellow on the back edge.
Lifestyle and dissemination
The animals are found in Europe. The adults all year round to watch and fly at light sources, so they can often be observed on windows. The larvae develop in decaying plant material, such as potatoes, or at the outlet of tree wounds.