The adult moth has dark brown and white forewings, with a variable pattern. The hind wings are yellow merging to dark brown at the edges. The moth has a wing span of about 2 cms.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

It was illustrated by Hampson on plate CLXXII number 3.

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The species is found over the northern two thirds of Australia, including Queensland, and New South Wales.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 47.8, p. 455.

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