Female

Length: Male 2-4mm, Female 3-4.5mm;
Wingspan: Male 6.3-8.8mm, Female 7.5-10mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - August (Earliest: 22.8)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva)	Vanessa cardui	Several Tortricidae	Orthosia cerasi Larva	Zygaena viciae Larva
	Mikiola fagi	Sphenella marginata Larva	Several Curculionidae Larvae	Bruchus atomarius Larva
	Caliroa cerasi
Possible Food: (Larva)	Lycaenidae Larvae	Coleophoridae	Gelechiidae Larvae	Geometridae
	Gracillariidae Larvae	Other Noctuidae	Pyralidae Larvae	Sesiidae Larvae
	Other Tortricidae	Buprestidae Larvae	Other Curculionidae Larvae	Anthomyiidae Larvae
	Other Tephritidae	Other Tenthredinidae
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Hyper- parasitoids:	Gelis agilis Larva

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