The adult moths of this species are brown with a stripe across each wing and recurved pointed wingtips. Both sexes are similar in coloration and pattern but the females tend to be a little larger. Male wing span 40 - 45 mm, females up to 50 mm. The female antennae are more threadlike.

The species occurs in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest from the inland Queensland to the Dandenong Ranges just to the east of Melbourne, where they are quite common in at least one locality in November and December.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 366.

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(updated 11 February 2009)