Like all representatives of the genus, the species is endemic to the Philippine island Luzón and was found there in the province of Benguet.

The beak-shaped secondary ovipositor at the end of the abdomen typical of species of the Obriminae, is derived from ventral by the eighth sternum, also called subgenital plate.

They differ from those of Sungaya aeta by a slightly lighter gray overall color, an additional posteroventral angle and the smaller micropylar plate.

[1] Sarah Bank et al. included four samples from different Sungaya stocks in their study published in 2021 based on genetic analysis to clarify the phylogeny of the Heteropterygidae.

[1][3] The first animals of the species were collected in 2013 in Benguet at an altitude of 900 to 1,000 metres (3,000 to 3,300 ft) by the French Thierry Heitzmann, who lives in the Philippines.

The stock is kept and bred pure in origin[4] and has been referred to as Sungaya ibaloi 'Benguet' since the species description by Hennemann in 2023.

The foliage of most common forage plants for stick insects is suitable as food, such as that of bramble and other Rosaceae as well as that of hazel, hornbeam and many others.