Abdomen black: tergites tightly yellow at posterior margin with black villi; rufous sternites; Macrochaetes yellowish.

Oviscapte black, apex and sides rufous, with fine, yellowish villi.

[9][10][11] The larvae feed on the flower heads of Asteraceae (Chondrilla juncea, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium vulgare, Hieracium umbellatum, Hypochaeris radicata Sonchus arvensis, Taraxacum officinale ....).

[12] United Kingdom & Scandinavia South to North Africa, East to Japan; introduced to Ethiopia, Taiwan, Philippines, Hawaii.

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