The moth is brown with wiggly white bands across each wing. The forewings each have a prominent white spot near the middle, and an irregular submarginal line of black spots. The sexes are quite similar, except in size. The male moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The female moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Victoria)

The species has been found in:

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 39.8, p. 390.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Vol 1: Bombycoidea,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 12-13.

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