External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Cheilosia velutina has the face swollen but the moderately glossy central knob poorly developed (flat) and the upper mouth-edge is vertical.

Ihe face has a dense grey coating.

near trees and shrubs, beside streams and tracks; both sexes settle on foliage up to 5m.

Flowers visited include Achillea, Anemone nemorosa, Anthemis, Bellis, Caltha, Chrysanthemum, Galium, Potentilla erecta, Prunus spinosa, Ranunculus, Rorippa andRanunculus.

The larva mines the stems of Cirsium palustre and the rhizome of Scrophularia nodosa.