It has been recorded from Angola, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.

[2] There are two generations per year, and in southern Africa the gregarious foliage-feeding caterpillars are observed from January to March, and again from April to June.

[3] The hirsute olive green caterpillars are easily spotted on branches and leaves of their food plants, or when they are found precessing in single file along the ground or up woody plants.

Allegedly the caterpillars' copious hair will cause a rash if touched.

The caterpillars have been found to feed on Dombeya and Diplorhynchus condylocarpon in Zimbabwe,[2] and on Dombeya rotundifolia, Grewia bicolor, Grewia flavescens and Pappea capensis in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa.