[1][2][3] It is widely distributed throughout Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Eggs are laid in the outer epidermal layer of the leaf sheath of the pseudostem down to the air chambers.

An early symptom is appearing small pinhead-sized holes on the stem and fibrous extrusions from the bases of leaf petioles.

[6] Larvae generally bore through the pseudostems and bunch stalks where the leaves become yellowish and susceptible to wind damage.

[8] These boring tunnels rapidly become discolored and finally plant dies when larva attacks the central growing point.

Just before completion of the cocoon, the larva starts to cut a characteristic rectangular hole in leaves, evidence of the pest.

Therefore, dry leaves and leaf sheaths as well as broken and decaying plants and pseudostems should remove quickly or burn.

Natural pathogens of the larva and adult include: Fusarium solani, Beauveria bassiana, Mucor hiemalis, Aspergillus niger and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis.