Host range restricted to Artocarpus spp.
Adults mate at dusk.
This very common species causes considerable damage to breadfruit by ovipositing in ripe breadfruit, but also younger fruits, causing premature ripening and drop of fruits. In Solomon Islands, populations peak in December-January, which corresponds to the main breadfruit season. Methyl eugenol trapping and regular host fruit surveys of breadfruit. Increased trapping, increased host fruit sampling, restriction of fruit movement, protein bait spraying, male annihilation. Fruit bagging , protein bait spraying , destruction of fallen and overripe fruits, early harvest of mature green fruits.