However, specimens were found in September in Melbourne while weeding the garden which appeared to hide during the day, and feed at night on:

The body colour of the Caterpillar is brown, with a light and dark brown tweed-like pattern along the back. The head capsule is black. The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 3 cms.

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

The Caterpillar pupates in the soil, and the adult usually emerges about six months later.

The adult has fore wings which are brown except for a cream band along the costa, and a cream dot which merges into the margin. The hind wings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species appears as Illustration number 27 in Plate CXXXI of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.

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