Adult beetles are 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long, and pale gray.

The species life cycle is only a year long.

Females like the flowers whose buds are about to hatch, therefore, they can lay their eggs at the bottom of the seed.

When they hatch, a larva emerges from them, destroying the seed from inside.

On the later stages the larvae exit the seeds by dropping to the ground, where they hide during winter time.