Oxycarenus laetus is found in Iraq, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

[4] Oxycarenus laetus is a polyphagous insect, feeding on the seeds of a number of plants in the Malvaceae family.

crops, this insect is found on Abutilon indicum (Indian mallow), Sida acuta (common wireweed) and Thespesia populnea (portia tree).

On these plants, populations are at their highest during the hotter months from March to July, and at their lowest between November and January.

[6] The female Oxycarenus laetus lays a batch of cigar-shaped eggs between the lint and the calyx in half-open cotton bolls.