DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (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
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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(updated 4 March 2005)