Blue-striped Nettle Grub(Parasa lepida)
Parasa lepida, the nettle caterpillar or blue-striped nettle grub, is a moth of the family Limacodidae(cup moths/slug moths).
The larvae are considered pests and have been recorded from commercial crops like coffee, rubber, oil palm, cocoa, cassava, tea, ebony, coconut, gliricidia, banana, winged bean and mango.This one was found on a mango tree.
The female is known to emit pheromone as a semiochemical.A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture released by an organism that affects the behaviors of other individuals. Semiochemical communication can be divided into two broad classes: communication between individuals of the same species (intraspecific) or communication between different species.
The cuckoo wasp, Chrysis shanghaiensis is a known parasite on the caterpillars.