The adult moth of this species is black with transparent windows in the wings and has a black and yellow banded abdomen. It has a wingspan of about 2 cms. The hind wings are only about half the span of the forewings.

The illustrated couple was photographed on the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, in January of 2003.

The adult moths of species in the genus Ceryx are similar to those of the closely related Amata but the hindwings of lack some of the veins present in the hindwings of Amata species, such as Amata nigriceps.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 439.

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