[1][2][3][4] This species can be found in Africa, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), New Zealand and North America.

These bugs are also characterized by the alternate dark and light markings on the legs and connexivum.

Moreover, fore femora are armed with a single spine and the pale tibiae show three dark annulations.

Eggs are laid with a copious secretion in the ground near the host plant.

[7] The main hosts plants in Europe are the stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), but the bugs have been also reported on other species of Urtica and on roots of the marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) (Poaceae).