Pericyma cruegeri

Pericyma cruegeri, the poinciana looper, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886.

It is found in south-east Asia including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea, and in Australia, northern New South Wales and Queensland.

Furthermore, it is an introduced species in Hawaii and Guam, where it was first detected in 1971.

The larvae feed on the foliage of Caesalpiniaceae species, including Peltophorum pterocarpum and Delonix regia[2] and can cause extensive damage.