The adult moth has pale brown forewings each with two darker submarginal brown lines often containing a pink area, and sometimes a pale splodge near the tornus. The head is white and the eyes are black. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Trevor Jinks, North Burnett, Queensland)

Like many Eublemma species, the adult moths are inclined to face downward when resting.

The species is found over much of the eastern hemisphere, including:

as well as in Australia in

Further reading :

Achille Guenée,
Noctuélites II,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 6 (1852), p. 245, No. 1035.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 24-25, 26-27.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 114.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 188.

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(updated 17 January 2011, 4 December 2017, 17 August 2020)