Anthaxia umbellatarum

Size: 4.5-7 mm.
Host plant: dead branches of Acacia karoo and cyanophylla, Castanea sativa, Ceratonia siliqua, Cupressus sp., Cydonia vulgaris, Cytisus spinosus, Ficus carica, Paliurus spina-christi, Pistacia lentiscus, Prunus persica, Pyrus mamorensis, Quercus coccifera, Q. ilex, Rhus pentaphyllus, Salix sp., Ulmus minor.
Life cycle: 1-2 year, adults in March-April.
Distribution: Pontico-Mediterranean.
New record for Libya: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica.

Tripolitania: Az Zintan, 01/05/2003 and 03/07/2003 ex larva Ficus carica; Al Mardum, 08/05/2004; Al Khums, 13/05/2004 ex larva Acacia cyanophylla; Al Aziziyah, 01/06/2002 and 06/05/2004; Az Zahrah, 18/05/2002 and 11/06/2004; Ain R'zaia, 08/5/2004; Kiklah, 11/06/2004. Wadi Suf Ajjin (Bani Whalid), 04/04/2005, P. Weill.
Cyrenaica: Wadi al Kuf, 29/06/2003; Shahat, 9-26/06/2004, ex. larva Ceratonia siliqua. Al Baida, 22/05/2005, P. Weill Leg; Taknis, 28/05/2005, P. Weill Leg.