After mating, adult female burrowed down in the soil or organic matter to lay eggs.

Male larva has a chitinous deposition called "Herold’s organ" between raster pattern on the middle of the proximal third of the last abdominal segment.

After 8 to 11 days of larval duration, it builds the cocoon of fecal pellets and soil particles with the help of saliva.

There are opaque white markings including a large irregular patch on lateral sides of the pronotum.

[3] A polyphagous pest, adults are known to form aggregations on many crops such as maize, sorghum particularly from earheads.