Julius von Kennel provides a full description.

[2] It has a wide distribution, from southern Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor to India, Sri Lanka, southern China, Malaya, Australia and into the Pacific where it is found on Java, Borneo, the Philippines, Taiwan, Timor, the Solomons, the Carolines and Fiji.

It is now found on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii.

They bore the stem of their host plant.

[4] Mechanical methods such as hand picking of adults and caterpillars are effective.