Host plant: Acacia tortilis.
Distribution: Eastern Sahel up to southeastern Sahara, Somalie, Yemen. Ennedi.Considered very common in East Africa by Descarpentrie and Bruneau de Miré (1963).
New record for Libya: Fazzan, Tripolitania.

Tehi-n-Tahaha, Messak Sattafet, 25-26/07/2004, two specimens ex larva from Acacia tortilis, JCR Leg.
Wadi Suf Ajjin, Ex Larva Acacia tortilis, 10/07/2009, PW Leg.