Both sexes of adult moth have chestnut brown forewings with an indistinct dark mark near the middle. The hind wings have ochreous-grey margins fading to satin-white at the bases. The wingspan is about 5.5 cms. This species only occurs in Western Australia.

Further reading :

Peter B. McQuillan, Catherine J. Young, and A.M.M. Richardson, A revision of the Australian moth genus Paralaea Guest (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), Invertebrate Taxonomy, Volume 15, part 3 (2001), pp. 277-317.

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