Of Southeast-Asian origin, dispersed since 1900 to citrus-producing areas all over the world. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, China, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku), Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Madeira, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Sardinia, Serbia and Montenegro, Sicily, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan; Nearctic: U.S.A. (Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas); Neotropical: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guyana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela; Oriental: Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong-Kong, India (West Bengal), Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Japan (Nansei-shotō (Ryukyu Islands)), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak), Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Australasian: Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna.

A tortuous, snail-like mine on either surface of the leaf. Records from Garcinia mangostana L. [Clusiaceae], Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton, J. simplicifolium Forst.f. [Oleaceae], Loranthus sp. [Loranthaceae], Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre [Fabaceae], Alseodaphne etc. need confirmation.