Paralaea jarrah McQuillan, Young, & Richardson, 2001
DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley


male
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

Both sexes of adult moth have fawn forewings with an indistinct dark mark near the middle. The hind wings have fawn margins fading to satin-white at the bases. The wingspan is about 5.6 cms.


female
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

This species is only found in Western Australia.


Further reading :

Peter B. McQuillan, Catherine J. Young, & Alistair M.M. Richardson,
A revision of the Australian moth genus Paralaea Guest (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae),
Invertebrate Taxonomy,
Volume 15, part 3 (2001), pp. 277-317.


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