Paralaea maranoa 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 uniformly plain greyish-brown wings. The wingspan is about 4.7 cms.

This species has only been found in the Carnarvon Gorge in Queensland. The species is named after the river which runs through this gorge.


female
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)


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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