The larvae eat all kinds of palm trees, grasses, and sea grape. It will eat coconut, dates, papaya, and sugar cane. Fronds turn brown from the bottom up.
All fronds turn yellow or reddish brown.
The coconut is a leading crop throughout the humid tropics. A great variety of commercial products are derived from the meat, oil, fiber, and wood of the coconut. Large portions of the populations of many countries are dependent on coconut production as livelihood and consider the coconut fruit as a staple food item. In addition to being a source of cash income for such people, coconut palms furnish many products for local use such as cooking oil, coconut meat, fiber, and coconut water, all of which have an importance in everyday life that is difficult for residents of countries outside of the tropics to fully appreciate. There are certain tropical islands where human life is made possible only by the presence of coconut palms.