[1] A widespread Asian species, it is found around Indo-Australian tropics from India, Sri Lanka[2] and Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, New Guinea to Australian Queensland and the Solomon Islands.

Host plants include Bombax ceiba, Terminalia, Artemisia vulgaris, Shorea, Aleurites, Phyllanthus, Albizia, Eucalyptus, Lantana camara, Sambucus, Uncaria gambir, Cassia, Indigofera, Leucaena, Allium, Eugenia, Syzygium, Champereia, Grevillea robusta, Breonia (syn.

Anthocephalus), Coffea arabica, Elettaria cardamomum, Camellia sinensis, Gliricidia sepium, Citrus, Schleichera, Theobroma cacao, Taxodium, Gmelina, Vernicia montana and Tectona grandis.

Mature caterpillars tend to feed leaves with small pieces started from margins and then eat the leaf entirely.

If the outbreak is heavy, insecticides such as trichlorfon, chlorfluazuron or tebufenozide can be applied to eradicate immature stages of the caterpillar.