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

The adult moth is fawn with dark wing margins. It has a wing span of about 4 cms.

The species may be found over much of Australia, including

Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of Tathorhynchus exsiccata which is found in North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 45.1, p. 452.

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(updated 6 August 2011)