During the rainy season, it feeds on the developing grains of pearl millet plants.

[5] The head is yellow in colour with the antennae and legs being brown .

The thorax and abdomen are orange red, the wings grey hyaline.

The two sexes can be easily differentiated by the presence of their well-developed ovipositor.

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