Size:
4.5-7 mm (coll JCR).
Host plant: Acacia tortilis.
Life cycle: 1 year?, adults from May to September,
peak in June-July.
Distribution: Sahara to Sudan
and Sinai
(area of A. tortilis).
New record for Libya, Fazzan.
Messak
Sattafet: Tehi-n-Tamellelt, 24/08/2002; Wadi Imrawen 30/08/2003;
I-n-Elobu 02 and 26/09/2003. All ex. larva from Acacia tortilis.