Body color ranges from pale grey or beige to black.

[12] These flies lay their eggs inside a living host where larvae develop.

[12][13] This species is a parasitoid of various butterflies and micro-moths (Arctiidae, Noctuidae, Choreutidae, Nymphalidae, Oecophoridae and Pyralidae).

[9] Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corse, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Mongolia, Canary Islands, Morocco, Tunisia, Russia, Azerbaijan, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Taiwan.

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