It is also recorded from Taiwan, where it is thought to have been accidentally introduced. This species is also adventive in New Zealand, Italy, and Spain. However, since this was a secondary pest thought to disturb only dead or dying wood, plant health officials deemed no additional quarantine or regulatory measures necessary. The North American range of C. rufipenne has not been determined. In central Japan, C. rufipenne completes one generation annually.
Females lay eggs in bark crevices.
The approximate lifespan of adult males and females is 18.0 and 16.6 days, respectively. Females lay an average of 18.1 eggs over a 14-day period after emergence. Females contain matured eggs upon emergence. Newly hatched larvae enter the bark, construct shallow galleries, and feed just beneath the bark on the nutrient-rich phloem and cambium tissue. In early spring, adults emerge by chewing through the bark.