A pest of Blue Gum plantations in America. This local native is confined to chewing on waxy (glaucous) eucalypt leaves such as those of juvenille Apple Box (Eucalyptus bridgesiana) and Candlebark (E. rubida) leaves.
Paropsisterna m-fuscum is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | Riverina Murray | Hume | Grampians