Biology:
Browne, 1961: This is a fairly widely distributed species but it is certainly rare in Malaya where the only identified host is of the family Styraceae. It has also been recorded from one species in each of the following families: Dipterocarpaceae, Leguminosae and Acanthaceae. Hulcr and Cognato, 2012: Often timber pest, very abundant, creating long and intricate tunnel systems (Browne, 1938). Several tunnel systems may interconnect (Hulcr, pers. obs.).
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