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Deanolis sublimbalis SNELLEN (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), the red banded mango caterpillar (RMBC), is a Southeast Asian insect species. It is now widely distributed throughout this region (India, Burma, Thailand, China, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea) and was recently detected for the first time on mainland Australia, but so far has not been recorded in Pakistan, Nepal, and Malaysia (WATERHOUSE 1998). In Papua New Guinea (PNG) it is nowadays widely distributed throughout the mainland and islands (WATERHOUSE 1998). Although infestation levels of 40 – 50 % were recorded in the Philippines (TIPON 1979), very little is known about the biology of this pest, and there are only few references in the literature, the results differing significantly (WATERHOUSE 1998). Due to the contradictory opinions on the biology published, the following study was undertaken to obtain the basic information required for the development of an appropriate management technique for this pest. In particular, the fundamental data to clarify in the course of this study were: 1. life history and behaviour of RMBC, especially when mango is out of season. 2. search for other host plants of RMBC. 3. search for natural enemies of RMBC.