Size:
5-9 mm (coll JCR.
Host plant: Cynara, Ephedra,
Euphorbia, Ferula, Onopordon, Thapsus.
In roots and stems near the ground.
Life cycle: 1 year.
Distribution: Spain to eastern Pyrenees, Corsica,
Sardinia, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt.
New record for Libya, Cyrenaica and Tripolitania.
Tripolitania:
Malitah 07/06/2003; Suq al Khamis, 13/05/2003; Nekgeza (Al Khums)
08/06/2002; Ain R'zaia (Nalut), 21/05/2004; Az Zahrah, 29/06/2004.
Cyrenaica: Al Qubbah, 28/06/2003; Wadi al Kuf, 01/06/2004; 50
km north Al Makhili, 07/05/2004.