Seed-feeder: Larva feeding in seed-head, pupation external (Spencer, 1972).

Larva: The larva is described by Dempewolf (2001: 155).

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Kent (Wrotham), Hertfordshire (Tring), Cambridge (Chippenham Fen), Westmorland (Grasmere), Denbighshire (Cefn-y-bedd) and Dunbarton (Bonhill) (Spencer, 1972: 50); Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorgan, South Lancaster and South Somerset (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 but local in Europe including Denmark, Finland, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 256), Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Spanish mainland and The Netherlands (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.

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