The adult moth has white forewings with a bold pattern of dark grey or brown patches, and yellow hindwings each with a dark patch. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

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

The moths have been found in

New South Wales.

slightly disembodied
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott)

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Further reading :

Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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(updated 22 April 2012)