Colposcenia aliena

Colposcenia aliena (Löw, 1881) Feeds on Oligophagous on Tamarix spp. (Burckhardt 1989, Spodek et al. 2017). In Bulgaria, we collected adults and immatures on Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb., which is thus one of the confirmed host plants. Distribution General distribution. Southern Europe, North Africa, Ethiopia, Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia, China. Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 10 c). Published records: DEP (Pramatarova et al. 2024). Material examined: DEP. Diagnosis Adult (Fig. 10 a). Loginova (1960); Tamanini (1977), as C. italica. Fifth instar immature (Fig. 10 b).