The caterpillar does not stack head capsules when moulting, unlike other species in NOLINAE).

drawing: George Francis Hampson, listed as Rhynchopalpus brunellus,
The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon,
Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 9 (1893), Plate CLVIII, fig. 31,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Gerstein Library, University of Toronto.

The adult moth has fawn forewings. each crossed by two vague curved dark speckled lines, with more dark speckles around the margin. The hindwings are pale fawn, fading to white at the bases. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The species has been found across south-east Asia, including

and also in Australia in:

and has been introduced in

Further reading :

George Francis Hampson,
The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon,
Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum,
Part 9 (1893), p. 89, and also Plate 158, fig 31.

George F. Hampson,
Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae,
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 8, Volume 4 (1909), p. 352, No. 75b.

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(written 10 June 2019)