Miscera omichleutis Meyrick, 1907 BRACHODIDAE,   SESIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Jason van Weenen, Stonyfell, South Australia)

These adult moths are brown. The forewings each have a short dark streak near the margin. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 32 (1907), p. 105, No. 173.

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(written 22 November 2022, updated 19 February 2026)