Face with a dark spot in each antennal furrow. Scutum predominantly orange-brown to black. Humeral lobe pale. Postpronotal lobe without a seta. Scutellum without basal setae. Wing length 4.3- 5.2 mm. Cells bc, c and
narrow part of br without extensive covering of microtrichia. Legs yellow to pale. Abdomen orangebrown to black. Tergites 3 & 4 dark laterally & no medial stripe on tergite 4.
Length of 6.5-7 mm and width of 1.2-1.7 mm. Mouth hooks each with short slender curved apical tooth. Abdominal segments 6-8 with ventral spinules but none dorsally or laterally. Anterior spiracles of 8-12 short tubules. Posterior spiracle slits 3.5-4 times as long as broad & spiracular hairs half the length of slit.
Everywhere that olives are grown – southern Europe, northern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, India, the United States and Mexico.
