Sphenoptera (Deudora) rauca (Fabricius, 1787)
= geminata Illiger, 1803
SPHENOPTERINAE
Sphenoptera rauca
Size: 13-15 mm (Coll. JCR).
Host plant: Cynara, Eryngium.
Life cycle: 1 year.
Distribution: Mediterranean Basin down to Sierra Leone and Ethiopia.
Tripolitania, new record for Cyrenaica.

Tripolitania: Al Aziziyah, 28/03/2003; Wadi Ka'am, 21/02/2004 on leaves of large thistle.
Cyrenaica: Tukrah, 17/04/2003; Haniyah, 30/03/2005, P. Weill Leg.

JCR 20/12/2003
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Sphenoptera rauca