They live just under the bark in galleries. They pupate either in their gallery or in holes in the soil, in oval cocoons.

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

The adult moths have a tracery of dark lines over the grey forewings. The hindwings are white. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The eggs are laid singly, and lie sideways.

The species is found in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 26.5, p. 270.

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