Distribution in Iran. Khorasan (Ghahari et al. 2011 a; Khajeh et al. 2014).
Distribution outside Iran. Widely distributed for northern, western, central and eastern Europe to Rusia (Fischer 1993 a). Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Korea, Madeira Islands, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia, Uzbekistan and former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012), Austria, Germany, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and former USSR (Fischer 1973 a; Yu et al. 2012), Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia (Papp 2009 b; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Greece (Papp 2007 a; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary (Fischer 1973 a; Papp 2008; Yu et al. 2012), Kazakhstan, Russia and USA (Shenefelt 1974; Tobias 1986 b; Belokobylskij and Tobias 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Madeira Islands (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009), Netherlands (van Achterberg 1988; Yu et al. 2012), Spain (Docavo et al. 1985; Fischer et al. 2008; Yu et al. 2012), United Kingdom (Fischer 1973 a; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012).
Host records. Archips rosana (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Botanophila fugax (Meigen, 1826), B. phrenione (Séguy, 1937), B. seneciella (Meade, 1892), Delia antiqua (Meigen, 1826), D. radicum (L., 1758), Pogomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817), P. hyoscyami (Panzer, 1809), P. solennis (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Lonchaea chorea (Fabricius, 1781) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae), and Piophila casei (L., 1758) (Diptera: Piophilidae) (Yu et al. 2012). Achterberg (1988) recorded this species as parasitoid of Anthomyiidae.