Miscera isomacha (Meyrick, 1925)
 (formerly known as Sagalassa isomacha)
BRACHODIDAE,   SESIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

These adult moths have dark brown forewings. The hindwings are yellow, each with a broad brown band around the edge. The abdomen is banded in yellow and black. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 3 (1925), p. 132.

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    (written 17 November 2022)