The adult moth has a wing span of about 4 cms. The upper wing surfaces are brown with a curved white band across the centre and a less distinct white band across the tip of each fore wing, and four yellow blotches on each hind wing.

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

Underneath, the forewings are brown with two yellow marks on the costa of each forewing, and orange under each hindwing with a dark mark at the tornus.

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

The species occurs in south-east Asia, including:

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 8.22, p. 337.

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