The adult moth of this species has patterned dark brown forewings, including two white spots. The hindwings are grey-brown. There is a bilobed crest of hairs at the front of the thorax which is white edged with brown.

(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

The species has been found in

Tasmania.

male, listed as Dasygaster eugrapha
Illustration 12 in Plate XCI of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

female, listed as Polia dictyota
Illustration 14 in Plate LXXXII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

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(updated 15 October 2011)