Bug FAQTropical Tiger Moth
Asota caricae · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Erebidae
The Tropical Tiger Moth’s wingspan is roughly 5 to 6 cm. Adults have brownish forewings with an orange basal patch, black spots on the palpi, and white-streaked veins.
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How to recognize it
The first two segments of the palpi bear black spots. Forewings are brownish fuscous with a basal orange patch that has two subbasal black spots and three matching spots along its outer edge; veins are white-streaked and there is a white spot at the lower angle of the discal cell.
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Size
Wingspan ranges from 51 to 58 mm.
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Where it lives
Found in both forested and cultivated lands.
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What it eats
Larvae feed on species of Ficus, Broussonetia, Mesua, Tectona and Shorea.
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Life cycle
Pupation takes place in a thin cocoon that is attached to a leaf.
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Where it comes from
Occurs across the Indo-Australian tropics, from India and Sri Lanka through Malaysia and Queensland to Vanuatu.
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Questions people ask
How does the moth pupate?
It forms a thin cocoon that it secures to a leaf for pupation.
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asota_caricae
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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.