Drawing by Embrik Strand,
Synemon - Epicop, Indo-Australian Bombyces and Sphinges,
in Adalbert Seitz (ed.): The Macrolepidoptera of the World,
Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag, Volume 10 (1933), Plate 9, fig a3,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Natural History Museum Library, London.

The adult moth of this species has dark brown forewings with white markings. The hindwings are dark brown with orange markings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

wing undersides
Drawing by Embrik Strand,
Synemon - Epicop, Indo-Australian Bombyces and Sphinges,
in Adalbert Seitz (ed.): The Macrolepidoptera of the World,
Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag, Volume 10 (1933), Plate 9, fig a3,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Natural History Museum Library, London.

The species is only found in

Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Description of New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 14 (1891), pp. 188-189.

Embrik Strand,
Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region,
in Adalbert Seitz (ed.):
The Macrolepidoptera of the World,
Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag, Volume 10 (1933), and also Plate 9, fig a3.

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