[1] Algeria, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,[2] New Guinea, Australia and France, The caterpillar is bright pink to reddish.

Its prolegs are modified to a pair of large suckers for adhering to the substrate.

Body is covered with a light silken web, which serves as a shield.

[3] Caterpillars of the genus Eublemma are pests on several scale insects.

The E. scitula caterpillar is a pest on Kerria, Anomalococcus, Lecanium, Ceroplastes, Pulvinaria species, Drepanococcus cajani, Saissetia coffeae, Saissetia oleae, Ceraplastes rusci, Didesmococcus unifasciatus, Cerococcus indicus and Coccidohystrix insolita.