[1][2] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length is 7–9 mm.

[3] The larva is figured by Hartley (1961) [4] See references for determination.

[5][6][7][8] Palearctic Southern Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin.

Ireland East through Europe into Turkey and European Russia then to western Siberia.

[11] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Aegopodium podagraria, Cardamine, Cistus, Crataegus, Euphorbia, Filipendula ulmaria, Galium, Leontodon, Sorbus aucuparia.