This adult moth has pale orange forewings, and each has a dark zigzag submarginal band, and a similar but smaller mark near the base. The hindwings are plain pale yellow.

This species has been caught in the rainforests of Papua and in Queensland.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 19.20, p. 429.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 180.

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(updated 22 August 2008)