Male

Female

Length: 5-8mm;
Wing Length: 3.7-6.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - September (Earliest: 3.7)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Flower Gall)	Cirsium
Food: (Adult)	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Scambus buolianae Larva	Bracon erraticus Larva	Bracon minutator Larva	Pteromalus elevatus Larva
	Torymus chloromerus Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids: (Larva)	Several Ichneumonidae	Several Braconidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Xyphosia miliaria
Insektenbox: Xyphosia miliaria
Plant Parasites of Europe: Xyphosia miliaria

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