[5] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 7·5-8·5 mm.

Female: frons with white dust spots, the undusted area extending as a black Y- shape into the yellow part.

[10] The larva is illustrated by Rotheray (1993)[11] Palaearctic from Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin.

European Russia, the Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific coast (Kuril Isles).

[13] Flowers visited include white Umbelliferae, Calluna, Leontodon, Malus sylvestris, Polygonum cuspidatum, Prunus spinosa, Ranunculus, Rosa rugosa, Senecio, Taraxacum.