Paraterpna

Paraterpna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Paraterpna
Goldfinch, 1929
Species: P. harrisoni
Binomial name
Paraterpna harrisoni
Goldfinch, 1929

Paraterpna is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Paraterpna harrisoni, which is found in Australia (New South Wales).

The wings are white mottled with grey and brown, with grey-brown lines on the veins (distinct on the forewings and fainter or incomplete on the hindwings).[1]

The larvae feed on Leptospermum species.

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