Type locality: Tantalus, Oahu, Hawaii (O.H. Sweezy).
Food
Larvae feed in pods of Bignonia chrysantha and in flower heads, on berries and also bore in tender twigs of Lantana species. It also feeds in the stem of litchi and in the terminal twigs of Tecoma stans. (1)
Print References
Busck, A., 1910. New Central-American microlepidoptera introduced into the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 12(3): 132.