Tropical Zone Gardening: frangipani leaves eaten? can it be saved?, 1 by uglymotherpluck

uglymotherpluck wrote:
I found the leaves of our neighbors prized frangipani chewed up and black- she will be livid and probably blame me- I am the landscaper. does anyone know what caused this? Can it be saved and how do I do that? She planted it on a shady side of the building and probably waters it and fertilizes it a lot. I could trim the tree by it that is blocking most of the sun. I didn't find any caterpillars on it- it seems to have happened overnight.