Adults are not active during daylight hours and eggs are laid only at night. It lays tiny eggs in small clusters on growing areas of the plant, such as flowers, shoots, and new leaf buds. These areas are the feeding spots for the larvae, which emerge after a few days and eat voraciously for two weeks.
During the day, adults are inactive, while females lay tiny eggs in clusters on growing parts of the plant like flowers, shoots, and new leaves. The eggs hatch into larvae that feed on these areas for two weeks before emerging.