Male

Female

Length: 3-3.5mm;
Wing Length: 2-3.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - October (Earliest: 12.3)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Flower Gall)	Many Asteraceae
Food: (Adult)	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen	Tussilago farfara Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids: (Larva)	Pteromalus elevatus Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids: (Larva)	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Ensina sonchi

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