Bright Twisted Moth (Parepisparis lutosaria)
A fantastic dry gum-leaf mimic with a wing span of about 50 mm. Fore wings had 3 dark marks along the costa with dark patterns all over looking like a drying leaf. Wing tips were pointed and tinted red mimicking a leaf stalk.The wings were held flat on either side of body with the abdomen slightly off the midline, giving it the name "twisted". The barely visible hind wings show dark ringed white marks.
Found among leaf litter under a gum tree near a national park (Dandenong Ranges)
''Parepisparis lutosaria'' is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults have pale brown wings with variable markings, but usually with three dark marks along each forewing costa. The margin of each forewing is recurved to give a pointed apex.
The larvae probably feed on the foliage ''Eucalyptus'' species. They have a pair of long horns on the thorax, each with a forked tip.
