Pericyma cruegeri explained

Pericyma cruegeri, the poinciana looper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found in south-east Asia including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea, and in Australia, northern New South Wales and Queensland. Furthermore, it is an introduced species in Hawaii and Guam, where it was first detected in 1971. In Japan, it was first detected in 1986 in Ishigaki Island and the living area is expanded to Okinawa Island by 2000.[1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on the foliage of Caesalpiniaceae species, including Peltophorum pterocarpum and Delonix regia[2] and can cause extensive damage.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1 March 2003 . Forest insect pest damage occurrence situation in the Kyushu region in 2002 . Forest and Forestry in Kyushu . National Institute of Forestry Research Kyushu Branch. Japanese. 18 December 2016.
  2. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 17 April 2019 . Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) Poinciana Looper . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 2023-04-20.