Ectropis excellens is a medium-sized gray-brown geometer moth from East Asia, with several wavy crosslines on its wings. Its caterpillars are s that feed on the leaves of many trees, including chestnut, apple, citrus, and cherry, and it turns up in citrus orchards in Korea and is counted among citrus pests in Japan. It does not live in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- Wingspan is about 1¼–2 in (32–50 mm), and females are larger than males. It is gray-brown with wavy crosslines that are sometimes faint, a large dark brown patch in the middle of the forewing, and a row of black dots along the outer edge of both wings.
Where it lives
- Range
- Native to Korea, Japan, and China. It is not found in the wild in the United States.
Life cycle
- Larva
- An inchworm (looper) that moves by arching its body. In Japan it is listed among the inchworm pests of citrus orchards, where loopers scar the fruit skin and eat leaves.
- Caterpillar food plants
- Recorded hosts in Korea include chestnut, rose, apple, citrus, camellia, oak, willow, cherry, and alder.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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