A widespread species. Occurring in England, Wales, Scotland, and Jersey in the Channel Islands. Also recorded from Ireland (O’Connor et al., 2009)
A Palaearctic species recorded mostly from Europe; north to northern Finland, south and east to Germany, Switzerland Poland and Hungary, but apparently also found in Kamchatka (eastern Russia) (S P M Roberts, pers. comm.).
This species is not regarded as scarce or threatened.
Found in the same habitats as its hosts, i.e. mainly calcareous grassland but also sandy heaths and moorland.
Univoltine. The female flies from late April to late September or early October, the male from mid June to early October.
A cleptoparasite of Lasioglossum fulvicorne (Kirby) and L. fratellum (Pérez); no information is available on the parasitic behaviour.
In Britain, found on Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Campanulaceae.
No data available.
2019