The caterpillars are brown and hairy, and have a yellow stripe along the back. They appear to be able to eat any herbivorous plant.

Pupation typically occurs on a dead leaf in a sparse cocoon incorporating larval hairs.

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a broken dark streak. The hindwings are white. The abdomen is red or sometimes yellow. The males have eversible coremata at the tip of the abdomen which emit pheromones. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

The eggs are round and yellow. They are laid on the leaf of a foodplant in rows, in clusters of up to 50.

The pest may be controlled by the use of:

Creatonotos gangis is found over much of south-east Asia, including :

as well as

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 46, 435.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 182.

previous caterpillar

Australian butterflies

Australian caterpillars

Australian moths

next caterpillar