Family: Limoniidae
Subfamily: Chioneinae
Subgenus: Psiloconopa
Length: 5-6 mm
In West Virginia Erioptera venusta is most commonly seen from May to September.
It is an eastern species that ranges from southern Canada to Missouri and Florida.
Foote (1956) stated that Erioptera venusta is "common in grass-sedge marshes and along sluggish streams; less numerous in drier woodlands.
Insects of West Virginia