
%0 Journal Article
%A McQuillan, Peter B. 
%A Young, Catherine J. 
%A Richardson, Alastair M. M. 
%T A Revision of the Australian Moth Genus <I>Paralaea</I> Guest (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Ennominae)
%J Invertebrate Systematics
%D 2001/06/20
%V 15
%N 3
%P 277-317
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/IT99025
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IT99025 
%X The genus Paralaea Guest is reviewed and includes fourpreviously described species, P. porphyrinaria (Gue&#233;e, 1857), P. beggaria (Guen&#233;e,1857), P. ochrosoma (R. Felder &#38; Rogenhofer,1875) and P. polysticha (Goldfinch, 1944), and nine newspecies: P. atralba, sp. nov., P. chionopasta, sp. nov., P. jarrah, sp. nov., P. karri , sp. nov., P. maranoa, sp. nov., P. sarcodes, sp. nov., P. taggorum, sp. nov., P. tasmanica, sp. nov. and P. toowoomba, sp. nov. The genus has a Bassiandistribution with some extension into the woodlands of the semi-arid zone. Most species occur in south-eastern Australia with six species in Tasmania. Known larvae feed on Eucalyptus, especially trees of the subgenus Monocalyptus, and one species is an occasionalforest pest. 
