There is also has a separate form of B. passiflorae , with paler abdomen. This undescribed new species occurs in Fiji, Tuvalu, Tokelau and possibly the Niuas group in Tonga. Its host range and potential pest status have not yet been well studied. A polyphagous pest species recorded from at least 53 host plant species in 40 genera and 29 families. Adults mate at dusk.
Females oviposit in ripening fruits as well as in fallen fruits.
In papaya, eggs hatch in 36 hours. By 192 hours, mature larvae start to exit the diet to pupate. Adults start emerging from pupae after 480 hours. This species is kept in laboratory colonies, reared on papaya-based diet, in Fiji Islands. Heat tolerance studies were done in Fiji Islands and published.