Latitudinal range: 9.9° to 39.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), desert/xeric shrubland (4), montane grassland (1), Mediterranean woodland (1)

Found in 7 samples

Algeria: Koléa, Soumàa, Upper Training National Institute of Saharian Agronomy

India: Madurai (kharif 2000, unweeded)

Pakistan: Pishin, Choondiko

Spain: La Mallada Larga (2006)

See also Sphingonotus arenarius, Sphingonotus azurescens, Sphingonotus carinatus, Sphingonotus diadematus, Sphingonotus rubescens, Sphingonotus savigni, Sphingonotus savignyi, Sphingonotus theodori