Kingdom Animalia Family Nolidae Scientific name Garella nilotica Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Garella Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Paectes abrostoloides, Nola cereella, Paectes, Nycteola | ||
The Black-olive Caterpillar or Bungee Caterpillar (Garella nilotica) is a moth of the Nolidae family. It has a pantropical distribution, including the eastern North America (from Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New York south to Florida and Texas), the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula, Australia, Guam, Fiji, Samoa, the Galapagos Islands and the Chagos Archipelago.
The wingspan is about 15 mm.
The larvae feed on various trees and shrubs in at least five families of broad-leaved plants, including Cynometra, Heritiera, Mangifera, Terminalia, Rhododendron, Bucida (including Bucida buceras), Canocarpus, Olea, Prunus, Salix and Tamarix species.
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