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


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

Both sexes of adult moth have grey wings with reddish-brown veins. The hind wings become paler toward the bases. Each forewing has an indistinct dark spot near the middle. The wingspan is about 4.9 cms.

This species occurs in Queensland.


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


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, 11 October 2021)