Copulation within C. analis is conspecific, meaning breeding is restricted solely within its own species and reinforced through the chemical makeup of the contact pheromone to enhance mate recognition.

[3][4][5] In recent studies, strains of C. analis have been found to undergo scramble competition in which two adults emerge from a single bean.

[3] With C. analis is native to equatorial tropics and sub-saharan regions of Africa and Asia, it is most apparent in countries which host high agricultural yield in stored, edible legumes such as India, Ghana and Indonesia.

Due to international and intercontinental trade, the insect has experienced expanded ranges to nearly every continent in the world in regions such as Brazil where parasitoids of C.analis eggs have been discovered as well.

[5] But due to efficiency and practical measures, phosphine fumigation remains the most common use of beetle management in storages.