Stem-mine: A narrow, whitish external stem mine. Pupation external (Spencer, 1976: 312).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Reddish brown; posterior spiracles each have 3 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 312).

Comments: Galium mollugo is treated as Galium album (Hedge Bedstraw) by Stace (2010).

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - mines: July.

Time of year - adults: May-June.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Kent (Wrotham), Surrey (Betchworth), Cornwall (Lizard), Suffolk (Newmarket) (Spencer, 1972: 119) and Warwickshire (Combrook) (Robbins, 1991: 105); Carmarthenshire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in much of Europe including Finland (Spencer, 1976: 311), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 562), Belarus, Estonia, European Turkey, French mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.

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