It grows to a length of about 2 cms. When ready to pupate, it leaves its lacy shelter, and crawls along a leaf, and attaches itself to the leaf by a cremaster. The pupa when formed sticks out from the leaf, unprotected by a cocoon.

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

The adult moth has fore wings that are brown with a pale speckled line across each one, and each also has several dark spots and patches. The hind wings are bright yellow with a black terminal area. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The species is found in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 236.

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