Caecilius fuscopterus (Latreille, 1799)

Vishnyakova, 1964; Danka, 1968; Ostrovsky, 2019.

DISTRIBUTION. Trans-Palaearctic species. Known from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and some regions of European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [Danka, 1960, 1964, 1968; Vishnyakova, 1959, 1964; Martini, 1975; Golub, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2016; Georgiev, Ruchin, 2023; Georgiev et al., 2023].

NOTES. A medium sized (c. 4 mm) barkfly that is most frequently associated with deciduous trees, but also occurs on coniferous trees. The species is readily distinguished by the distinctive wing markings.