[3] C. mangiferae has been first described from India and is widely distributed in tropical regions, that is southern Asia, Oceania, Australia, Africa and Central/South America, including the Caribbean.

C. mangiferae can be distinguished from other species of this genus "by the frons with a finely aciculate texture, the pronotal disc which is long, and has coarse hair-like setae, the elytral striae which are barely impressed but apparent by the rows without ground vestiture, and by the shape of ground vestiture which have tapered tips.

After emerging from the pupae, the adults still spend about 2 weeks under the bark, during which time they mature, feed and complete the sclerotization of their cuticle.

[6][5][3][7][8][9][10] Bark beetles are often vectors of plant diseases and have special structures for carrying symbiotic fungi called mycangia.

These studies suggested that mango wilt is caused by different genotypes of Ceratocystis fimbriata rather than a complex of closely related species.