Ectropis (genus) immature
suppressed
Identify this sighting
| Ectropis (genus) immature | WendyEM | 10 Sep 2025 | |
| Ectropis (genus) immature | donhe | 9 Sep 2025 | |
| Ectropis excursaria | WendyEM | 9 Sep 2025 | |
| Ectropis excursaria | chriselidie | 9 Sep 2025 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Stripey, grey version (one individual of 11 similar but differently coloured caterpillars found on a lemon tree. All have black marks on the side of the body.) Adult moth shown in sighting 4701962.
10 comments
9 Sep 2025
there are 2 or 3 different caterpillars in this sighting it would help if they could be in separate sightings.
9 Sep 2025
Ok thanks, I'll create different sightings. It seemed to me that they are the same species, just different colour variations - but not sure.
10 Sep 2025
Thanks, that's good to know. I've taken all 11 caterpillars in and housed according to colour. Will see if any make it to adulthood.
10 Sep 2025
The ones with the black&white mark on the side, like this one, I think are E. excursia. Good luck with raising. They are fairly quick to emerge after pupation.
10 Sep 2025
E. bispinaria early instars also have the black and white mark , see
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/enno/bispinaria.html
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/enno/bispinaria.html
5 Oct 2025
This did turn out to be Ectropis excursaria - see adult moth sighting 4701962.
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
- Lemon tree Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Ectropis (genus) immature
Species information
- Ectropis (genus) immature Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 777.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location