It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, western Malaysia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Japan, Guam, the Caroline Islands, Australia and has been introduced to Hawaii.

[2] Eggs are white, round and flat, and laid in small groups of 15 on the fruit.

[5] Adult moths can be eradicated by mechanical methods such as hand picking and trapping.

[7] Parasitoids such as Trichogramma cryptophlebiae, Brachymeria pomonae, Gotro bimaculata and Bracon species can be used to destroy eggs and caterpillars.

[4] Other methods such as mating disruption, hot water treatments, irradiation and usage of insecticides can also be used.