female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 1)

The adult butterflies are grey with a white spot and two black-edged white lines on each forewing. The hindwings are brown. The head is pale brown.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 1)

The males are smaller, having a wingspan of about 4 cms. The females have a wingspan of about 5 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 1)

The species has been found over much of south-east Australia, including:

showing underside
(Photo: courtesy of David Fischer, Paddys River, Australian Capital Territory)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, figs. 39.5, 39.6, p. 389.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1,
Silk Moths and Allies - BOMBYCOIDEA,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 8-9.

Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 6 (1855), p. 1419-1420, No. 2.

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(updated 13 April 2010, 7 December 2017, 18 March 2021)