Ectropis excursaria
1 Common Bark Moth at Franklin, ACT
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| Ectropis excursaria | ibaird | 4 Oct 2025 | |
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | WendyEM | 10 Sep 2025 | |
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | donhe | 9 Sep 2025 | |
| Ectropis excursaria | chriselidie | 9 Sep 2025 | |
| Ectropis excursaria | chriselidie | 9 Sep 2025 |
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Light reddish beige, mature looking individual (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 4701267.
5 comments
10 Sep 2025
Does look close to a late instar of E. excusaria (see LBH) but difficult to be sure. E, excursaria is known to feed on lemon trees.
10 Sep 2025
Thanks for your comment! I've got different colour versions of this type of caterpillar, which I've posted in different posts. They may all be E. excusaria - or not. I'm trying to raise these caterpillars to their adult form, that may help decide what they are.
4 Oct 2025
This did turn out to be Ectropis excursaria - see adult moth sighting 4701267.
Location information
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
- Lemon tree Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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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