Mimoscopa ochetaula Meyrick, 1893
 (one synonym is Mimoscopa opsiphanes Lower, 1894)
MYRMECOZELINAE,   TINEIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Cape Liptrap Coastal Park, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has a tuft of white and brown scales on the head. The forewings are brown, each with two prominent white stripes. The hindwings are pale grey. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.


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

The species is found in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Gaden S. Robinson & Ebbe S. Nielsen,
    Tineid Genera of Australia,
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVI Tineidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 7 = Vol. 17, Part 4 (1893), p. 526, No. 67.

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    (written 27 January 2017, updated 22 September 2024)