More or less developed annuli at middle and end of the cell connected by a white streak, sometimes with a spot in base of cell also joined by the white streak.

Usually the caterpillar attacks male flowers where infestation causes abortion of young and results in underdeveloped fruits.

An ichneumonid Venturia palmaris are experimented in Malaysia, where they attack larva in November and December.

[4] Agrophylax basifulva, a tachinid fly, is a known parasitoid used in Fiji which has not been successfully used elsewhere because of difficulties in rearing sufficient numbers.

[6] Another unsuccessful potential biocontrol is the entomoparasitic nematode Steinernema feltiae.