Silba virescens Macquart, 1851

Silba virescens Macquart, 1851: 277 . Reunion (Type depository unknown).

Lonchaea aristella Becker, 1903: 129 . Unspecified type. Egypt (Cairo, Assyut & Luxor) (ZMHB). Distribution. AF: Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania. PA: Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria.

Egyptian localities. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Cairo, Giza. Upper Nile Valley: Assiout, Luxor. Host plants. Sorghum ( Sorghum cernuum Willd.). Source: MacGowan & Freidberg (2008). OTHER Plants from which flies were swept. Fig ( Ficus carica L.), maize ( Zea mays L.), and sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum L.).

Dates of collection. April to December.