Ectropis excursaria
Common Bark Moth at Franklin, ACT
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| Ectropis excursaria | WendyEM | 7 Oct 2025 | |
| Ectropis excursaria | ibaird | 6 Oct 2025 | |
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | ibaird | 11 Sep 2025 | |
| Geometridae (family) IMMATURE | chriselidie | 10 Sep 2025 |
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Dark 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 4701269.
4 comments
10 Sep 2025
fingers crossed for a moth. Leave a long stick up the bottle for it to climb up to hang and extend its wings.
6 Oct 2025
I uploaded a new photo (pic no 5) of the moth in sighting 4701269 that I think better shows the end of the dark line on the left hindwing?
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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