Male

Female

Length: 4-5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
(3-7 days)	May	June - Winter	Spring (Earliest: 17.2)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows	Wet Forest
	Spruce Forest Edge
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Leaf Miner)	Holcus lanatus	Phleum pratense
Possible Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Leaf Miner)	Bromus
Food: (Adult)	Bellis perennis Nectar, Pollen	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar, Pollen	Anemone nemorosa Pollen	Barbarea vulgaris Nectar, Pollen
	Ficaria verna Nectar, Pollen	Salix cinerea Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids: (Larva)	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Figitidae Larvae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Phorbia fumigata

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