The male and female adult moths of this species are very similar, and have black forewings each with a variable yellow spot on the inner margin and a yellow mark along the costa. The hindwings are yellow with variable black margins, and each has a variable dark spot near the middle. The head and thorax are black except for an orange prothorax. The wingspan is up to 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Victoria)

The species is found in:

South Australia.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 18.10, p. 436.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria, Part 2, Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 22-23.

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