Common insect found in jungles and
scrublands in all elevations of the island throughout the year (Gamage R., 2007).
More common in wet zone and probably scarce
or absent in higher hills and northern part of the country according to the
Ormiston (Ormiston W., 1924). The larva feeds on Axonopus compressus, Ochlandra stridula, Oryza sativa, Ischaemum timorense and Eragrostis viscosa
