The cocoa pod borer found throughout the many Asian and Oceania nations. A few nation include China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea. There have been case were cocoa pod borer has been eradicated, most noticeable Australia.

There is a risk of spreading cocoa pod borer because quarantine, surveillance, and monitoring remains a problem around the world. They can travel considerable distances living in health, undamaged fruits, such as rambutans or cocoa pods. It is possible for them to travel of vegetative material of host plants. Today there has been very few cases of cocoa pod borer getting very far through quarantine.

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