Size:
4-7 mm.
Host plant: Polyphagous on dead twigs
of dominantly broadleave trees.
Life cycle: 1years, adults in May-July.
Distribution: Originally
considered West Mediterranean, now cosmopolitan.
New record for Libya, Cyrenaica and Tripolitania.
Cyrenaica:
Wadi bel Gadim (Shahat),30/05/2004 and 09/06/2004, ex larva
from Ceratonia siliqua. R'as al Hilal, 22/05/2005,
P. Weill Leg.
Tripolitania:
Al Aziziyah, 14/05/2005, P. Weill Leg.