Size:
6-11 mm.
Host plant: roots and stems of woody
Papilionaceae.
Retama
rhaetam
in Libya.
Life cycle: 2 years. Adults in late February-April.
Distribution: Europe
except North, Morroco, Tunisia, Turkey, North Iran, Middle
East. Circum Mediterranean.
New record for Libya: Tripolitania.
Wadi Labeter, south of Suq al Ahad, 21-27/02/2004 in pupal
cell and beating Retama rhaetam. Sidi as Sa'ih, 12/2005,
ex larva from Retama. Outh of Surman, 02/03/2005,
P. Weill Leg.