Ectropis excursaria

Common Bark Moth at Ainslie, ACT

Ectropis excursaria at Ainslie, ACT - 25 Mar 2019
Ectropis excursaria at Ainslie, ACT - 25 Mar 2019
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Ectropis excursaria 28 Mar 2019 ibaird
Ectropis excursaria 27 Mar 2019 donhe
Ectropis (genus) 27 Mar 2019 jb2602

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Probably Ectropis excursaria

4 comments

donhe wrote:
   28 Mar 2019
Do you think this is the same specimen as that in sighting 4204799?
jb2602 wrote:
   28 Mar 2019
4204799 was on an Exocarpos and this one was on a black wattle, so they are almost certainly different animals.
donhe wrote:
   28 Mar 2019
I should have looked more closely. The minute patterns of dark lines along the costa are different.
I guess they have costaprints in the Ectropis excursaria world.
ibaird wrote:
   28 Mar 2019
I'm happy to confirm the above as E. excursaria following the above discussion and based on the following criteria (after MoV Part 7): 1) the male antennae have short fine pectinatiion, but longer than that typical of E. bispinaria; 2) enough of the hindwing on the RHS is visible to see that it is plain and sloping with a start of the 'step'' at the outer end visible.

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  • 25 Mar 2019 10:17 PM Recorded on
  • jb2602 Recorded by

Additional information

  • Black wattle Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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