Size: 4.5-6 mm (Coll. JCR). Host plant: Carduus sp., Carlina sp., Cirsium echinatum, Cirsium scabrum, Eryngium campestre, Galactites sp., Onopordon illyricum, Scolymus sp. Life cycle: 1 year, adults in March-April. Distribution: Mediterranean: France, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Sardinia, Greece, Maghreb. Tripolitania. New record for Cyrenaica.
Tripolitania: Suq al Ahad, 27/03/2004; Az Zahra, 30/02/2002. Cyrenaica: Tukrah, 17/04/2003.
JCR 20/12/2003
