These caterpillars are initially pink, but later instars are brown. They are very hairy. They feed in leaf litter on moist dead gum leaves.

They pupate in the leaf litter between two leaves in silk shelter covered in hairs and detritus.

(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

The adult moths have brown forewings each with a broad dark marginal band that has a pale smudge. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The species is found over much of Australia, including

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 52.7, pl. 5.17, pp. 262,263.

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