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Pencil lined geometrid

Paraterpna sp. (2)

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 30mm across at rest. Drawn to lights near midnight.

Habitat:

Outer urban area adjacent to national parks.

Notes:

Not formally named yet... <br> Currently the only species in the genus is P.harrisoni which looks similar. <br>
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2…

Reference Links:

Paraterpna - Wikipedia

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Comments (3)
DanielePralong
Thanks Mark, that makes more sense now. I guess this is the Victoria version of 'harrisoni'. Great that these are getting described.
Mark Ridgway
Sorry you're right - I have mis-worded it. As this one is not yet named the only formally described species is 'harrisoni' I'm told this one will get 'done' later this year.
DanielePralong
Mark, so this is not Paraterpna harrisoni? So that would be a second species in the genus? Trying to figure it out :-) https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:427a934b-6f43-4e0e-9480-e96628766724

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