Acropolitis excelsa Meyrick, 1910
 (one synonym : Acropolitis xuthobapta, Turner, 1945)
ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Acropolitis excelsa
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

This caterpillar has been found feeding on:

  • Manna Gum ( Eucalyptus viminalis, MYRTACEAE )

    Acropolitis excelsa
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    The adult moth of this species has wings that are pale brown, with a complex pattern on each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

    The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
    Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
    Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), pp. 60, 64.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 35 (1910), pp. 172-173, No. 49.

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    (updated 4 June 2010, 6 July 2019, 1 November 2020)