Miscera lygropis Turner, 1913
 BRACHODIDAE,   SESIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Miscera lygropis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

These adult moths brown forewings each with a yellow dot near the middle. The hindwings are also brown, but each has a figure 8 yellow patch near the middle. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 38 (1913), p. 204.

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    (written 18 November 2022)