Description
Biology
A parasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph or from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Phytomyza adjuncta [Pimpinella major], Phytomyza adjuncta [Pimpinella saxifraga], Phytomyza aurei [Chaerophyllum aureum], Phytomyza chaerophylli [Anthriscus cerefolium], Phytomyza chaerophylli [Anthriscus sylvestris], Phytomyza chaerophylli [Chaerophyllum temulum], Phytomyza chaerophylli [Conopodium majus], Phytomyza conii [Conium maculatum], Phytomyza ferulae [Scaligeria cretica], Phytomyza melana [Pimpinella saxifraga], Phytomyza obscurella, Phytomyza obscurella [Aegopodium podagraria], Phytomyza pubicornis [Aegopodium podagraria], Phytomyza silai [Silaum silaus] and Phytomyza smyrnii [Smyrnium olusatrum].
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Russia-Primor'ye Kray, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia.