About Garella nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1881)
Garella nilotica, commonly known as the black-olive caterpillar or bungee caterpillar, is a moth species belonging to the family Nolidae. This species was first described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1881. It has a pantropical distribution, covering eastern North America from Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New York south to Florida and Texas, as well as the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula, Australia, Guam, Fiji, Samoa, the Galápagos Islands and the Chagos Archipelago. The adult moth has a wingspan of approximately 15 mm. Its larvae feed on a wide range of trees and shrubs from at least five families of broad-leaved plants, including recorded host genera and species: Cynometra, Heritiera, Mangifera, Terminalia, Rhododendron, Bucida (specifically Bucida buceras), Canocarpus, Olea, Prunus, Salix and Tamarix.
