female
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths have grey-brown forewings each with a large dark mark with a pale outline on the costa. The hindwings are orange with a broad dark margin. At rest, the moths are inclined to tuck the wings in towards the end of the abdomen, but splay them out the margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms. The males have a greenish tinge to their forewings.

male
(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

The species is found in

and in Australia in

male
(Photo: courtesy of Bishop Museum)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 5.24, p. 259.

Arnold Pagenstecher,
Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels. (2). Die Nachtfalter,
Zoologica,
Volume 12, Part 29 (1900), p. 236, No. 453.

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(updated 7 May 2011)