Indian Palm Bob (Suastus gremius subgrisea)

Common insect of all zones up to about 1500m a.s.l. while more common in lower elevations especially in coconut plantations. Specimens from the hills are much darker than those from the lowlands. Its larva feeds on Rhapis excelsa, Borassus flabellifer, Caryota urens, Corypha umbraculifera, Cocos nucifera, Cyrtostachys renda, Phoenix pusilla and Saribus rotundifolius.