Ectropis excursaria
Common Bark Moth at Ainslie, ACT
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| Ectropis excursaria | ibaird | 28 Mar 2019 | |
| Ectropis excursaria | donhe | 27 Mar 2019 | |
| Ectropis (genus) | jb2602 | 27 Mar 2019 |
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User's notes
Probably Ectropis excursaria
4 comments
28 Mar 2019
4204799 was on an Exocarpos and this one was on a black wattle, so they are almost certainly different animals.
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.
I guess they have costaprints in the Ectropis excursaria world.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.153533-35.261496
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2019 10:17 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- Black wattle Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ectropis excursaria Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Ectropis excursaria Scientific name
- Common Bark Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 912.6m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Tephrosia exportaria
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