All species are distributed in the Holarctic, Oriental and Neotropical regions.
Biology
In the Palaearctic Region, there are one or two generations annually, and overwintering occurs in the larval stage. Larvae are oligophagous and feed mainly on plants belonging to Asteraceae.[4]
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