Paramelora zophodesma Lower, 1903
Dusky-barred Geometrid
 MACARIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Paramelora zophodesma
female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 7)

The forewings of the adult moth of this species are pale brown with indistict darker wavy transverse bands. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Paramelora zophodesma
male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading

    Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
    Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 16-17.

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 27 (1903), pp. 195-196.

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    (written 28 March 2018, updated 1 December 2025)