Size:
8-16 mm.
Host plant: Juniperus, Cupressus,
Thuja, Callitrix, Tetraclinis.
Life cycle: 2 years. Adults in June-August.
Distribution: SW
Europe and North Africa (I. t. tomentosum), East Mediterranean
(ssp. atticum Ganglbauer, 1881).
New record for Libya: Cyrenaica.
Only
one in bad shape (repaired with photo-processing software on
the picture) obtained from Cupressus sempervirens wood collected
in Wadi Bel Gadir, Shahat.