Develops in seeds of Vachellia farnessiana, an ornamental plant that has become "casual" in Cape Aposotlos Antreas (https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/08a0e370-a370-452e-a971-e8ee8271c3fd). As stated in Davranoglou et al. (2021) "the species can be tested as a biocontrol agent of invasive Acacia or Prosopis spp., the latter becoming recently naturalized in South Europe (Pasiecznik 2018)". However, no impacts have been recorded nor studied on the island.