[1] It is found in many agricultural based countries such as Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka,[2] China, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.

[4] Adult has creamy coloured wings with two distinctive oblique bars of brown on the forewing.

[3] The caterpillars are considered to be pests that attack crops such as Echinochloa colona, Echinochloa crus-galli, Eleusine indica, Leersia hexandra, Leptochloa chinensis, Oryza sativa, Paspalum conjugatum, Paspalum distichum and Sorghum bicolor.

Natural enemies like wasps and other parasitoids provide control against pupal and larval stages.

[5] Chemical sex attractants and pheromones are used in Japan, which provided good results.

However, the best strategy to minimize the impact of green semiloopers is to ensure that the crop is well managed agronomically and monitored for the presence of pests on a weekly basis.