The caterpillars are dark brown and hairy, with a pair of pale wide dorsolateral stripes. They have a pale brown head. The longer hairs have pale tips.
It pupates in a cocoon in the ground litter.
(Specimen: courtesy of Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moths have fore wings that have a striking pattern of cream and dark brown. The hindwings are cream with brown spots along the margin.
The species is found in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 424.
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