Agrilus (Duttus) purpuratus (Klug, 1829)
AGRILINAE
Agrilus purpuratus
Size: 5.5-8.5 mm (Coll. JCR).
Host plant: Acacia tortilis, A. seyal, Zyzyphus lotus.
Distribution: Almost all Sahara to Arabia and Somalia.
New record for Libya: Fazzan.

Messak Sattafet: Wadi I-n-Haggaren, 17/10/2001, beating freshly grown Acacia tortilis; Wadi Ti-n-Sharuma, 06/2004, ex larva Acacia tortilis.

JCR 20/12/2003

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