They form a long, conspicuous white mine with the frass present in close strings.

[17] In 2018 the first confirmed adults were reared from stem-mines of meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris).

[18] The larvae pupates into a greyish or brown puparium, with posterior spiracles each with about 18-20 bulbs.

Adults are highly variable in colour, with several named variants including a pale form (P. ranunculi var.

[18] Parasitoids of this species include numerous species in the hymenoptera superfamilies Chalcidoidea and Ichneumonoidea:[17] This article related to members of the muscomorph flies superfamily Opomyzoidea is a stub.