Tropidia scita is a common Palearctic species of hoverfly associated with wetlands, ponds and ditches.

The larvae have been recorded living in the basal sheaths of Typha.

[5] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 5.5–8.25 millimetres (0.217–0.325 in).

Tergites 2 and 3 yellow or orange with a black median stripe.

Ireland East through Central Europe and then through Russia and the Caucasus.