世界の熱帯亜熱帯に広く分布し、日本国内では琉球列島や小笠原諸島に普通に見られる。ガジュマルの葉に生息し、葉巻型の虫えい（ガジュマルハマキフシ）を形成しその中に住む。食植性。

This species is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the world, and is commonly found in the Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands in Japan. It lives on the leaves of the banyan tree, Ficus microcarpa, and induces margin roll gall. Phytophagous.

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  Female, head and thorax