This fly is probably common in Fontenelle Forest and Neale Woods, especially wherever walnut trees are present. They are also known to attack peaches.

The husk fly produces one generation a year and overwinters as a pupa in the soil beneath the trees. Adults usually emerge from July to early September but sometimes as late as October. They mate about 8 days after emerging. Egg laying begins anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks after the first emergence and continues until fall. Eggs are laid in groups of about 15 in a small cache beneath the fruit skin. Peaches are attacked when they are almost mature. Eggs hatch within 5 days. The white maggots feed inside the fruit for 3 to 5 weeks, depending on the temperature. Mature larvae leave the fruit through a small exit hole or the hole through which the eggs were deposited, usually at the opposite end of the fruit from the stem. They drop to the ground and burrow into the soil to pupate. They remain in their pupal case for at least a year. Some remain in diapause for 2 years and a few even 3 or 4 years.