Distribution. Indian records: Oriental region (Hampson 1896 b), Calcutta (Sevastopulo 1935), Kerala (Mathew & Menon 1984), throughout India (Gupta 1994), India (Poltavsky et al. 2018), Andaman Islands (Rao & Sivaperuman 2020), Tamil Nadu (Das et al. 2020 a), Assam, Goa, Gujarat, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (Sondhi et al. 2021), Bhubaneswar (Pattanaik et al. 2021), Delhi (Komal et al. 2021). Global records: S. Nearctic, Neotropical, Ethiopian regions, S. Europe, Oriental, Australian regions (Hampson 1896 b), Palaeotropical, penetrates to Palaearctic, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, DR Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Saint Helena, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2011 – 2021), Mali, Australia, Sri Lanka, North America, Southern Europe (Poltavsky et al. 2018).
Sumber: A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera)