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Identification of this species is difficult as A. fasciatus constitutes a species complex, and is difficult to differentiate from A. intermedius, which is a mostly Palearctic species (Heming). The body is generally a dark black-brown with red subintegumental pigments, and is usually over 2mm in length. The head is weakly transverseleystriated and is wider than it is long. Antennal segment 6 is approximately the same length as 7, and segments 8 and 9 are reduced in length. Sensoria on segments 5 and 6 are small and circular, and the third antennal segment is pale yellow or grey with a brown tip. The forewings each have 2 distinct cross bands, and are white in the basal fourth of the wing (Stannard, 1968).