The pupa is cylindrical, olive green to light brown, becoming darker shortly before emergence.

[1] Crocidolomia pavonana is found in the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Asia and Australia.

Its range extends from South Africa and Madagascar through India, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines to northern Australia.

[1] Host plants eaten by the larvae include the brassicaceous plants Brassica oleracea and Brassica rapa and their varieties, but also cotton (Gossypium), pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), Gynandropsis, nasturtium (Tropaeolum) and radish (Raphanus).

These include braconid wasps and tachinid flies, and in India the larvae are preyed on by a predatory bug in the family Pentatomidae.