male
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The moths of this species are yellow or orange, sometimes with a greenish or purplish tinge. They have dark red speckles and two indistinct red oblique bands across each wing. The males are generally rather redder than the females. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

mating pair
(Photo: courtesy of Neil Hewett ,   Cooper Creek Wildernes)

The species occurs in the oriental tropics, including :

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 10.13, p. 370.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 141.

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(updated 18 April 2011)