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Gonia ornata Meigen, 1826 Data Map Records
 
Sub-family:EXORISTINAE Tribe: GONIINI  
Synonyms: ornata Meigen, 1826 [=nervosa Meigen, 1826] [=lateralis Zeller, 1842]
Gonia ornata © Chris Raper, 2006
Gonia ornata © Chris Raper, 2006
Shaw & Ford (1991): -
Belshaw (1993): Hosts: in Europe single records from Euxoa nigri cans, Colocasia coryli, Autographa gamma (all Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Dasychira pudibunda (Lep.: Lymantriidae) and in North Africa Psilogaster loti (Ochsenheimer) (Lep.: Lasiocampidae). Also a few questionable records from other Lepidoptera. In Britain Ceramica pisi (Noctuidae) (UMM). British distribution: S.England, Wales (Merioneth and Glamorgan), N.England, N.Scotland (Clyde Isles, Inverness* and Forfar) and Ireland (Wicklow and Mayo - M. Speight). Flight period: early April to early June (at least 50 records).
Tschorsnig (1994): [Salmacia]. Europe to Scandinavia; NS NW HE BW BY NB / A. Warm dry open areas especially sandy areas dunes. End March to End May (especially End April) 1 generation. On flowers or in dry grass; in Central Europe usually rare (commoner in Southern Europe). Predominantly Noctuidae (Agrotis Euxoa Mamestra Colocasia Plusia) individuals however also reported from Lymantriidae Lasiocampidae and Psychidae.
JNCC Calypterate Review (1996): -
Shaw & Ford (2000): -
Comments: -
GBGRB: P GBNI: - IE: P GBCI: P
BRC #: 8403 BENHS: 4.2 7 GB Status:
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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