Paralaea chionopasta

Montane Crest-moth at Burra, NSW

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Identification history

Paralaea chionopasta	4 Aug 2018	MichaelMulvaney
Paralaea chionopasta	4 Aug 2018	donhe
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE	31 Jul 2018	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	6 Nov 2017	Safarigirl

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5 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

1 Aug 2018

Maybe Paralaea chionopasta, but not sure if this moth occurs in our region

donhe wrote:

2 Aug 2018

I asked Cathy Young, and she said:
"Was this found at reasonably high elevation? I think it’s Paralaea chionopasta."

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 Aug 2018

At Burra which I think is around 700m so pretty high elevation

donhe wrote:

4 Aug 2018

Byrne, Catherine (StateGrowth) (Catherine.byrne@tmag.tas.gov.au)
To: Don Herbison-Evans, 3 Aug. at 1:41 am
Perfect!

From: Don Herbison-Evans [mailto:donherbisonevans@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, 3 August 2018 3:50 AM
To: Byrne, Catherine (StateGrowth)
Subject: Re: RE: Sighting 3384644: Identification suggested
Hi Cathy,
At Burra which I think is around 700m
High enough?
Cheers,
Don

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

4 Aug 2018

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Location information

Coordinates 149.231100 -35.585710
Altitude 848.3m
Places Burra, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
6 Nov 2017 03:29 PM Recorded on
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Geometer moths (Geometridae) Safarigirl

Species information

Paralaea chionopasta Scientific name
Montane Crest-moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
848.29m to 1658.6m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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