
TY  - JOUR
A1  - McQuillan, Peter B. 
A1  - Young, Catherine J. 
A1  - Richardson, Alastair M. M. 
T1  - A Revision of the Australian Moth Genus <I>Paralaea</I> Guest (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Ennominae)
JF  - Invertebrate Systematics
JO  - Invert. Systematics
Y1  - 2001
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 277
EP  - 317
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/IT99025 
N2  - 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. 
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