Paralaea karri 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 chestnut brown forewings with an indistinct dark mark near the middle. The hind wings have ochreous-grey margins fading to satin-white at the bases. The wingspan is about 5.5 cms.

This species only occurs in

Western Australia.

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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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