living in a solitary shelter of silk and droppings on the foodplant. It grows to a length of about 2 cms.

It pupates in its shelter.

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

The adult has brown or grey wings, the forewings with a pattern of wiggly dark lines, and the hind wings plain. It has long legs. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The species has been found in:

Further reading :

Pat and Mike Coupar,
Flying Colours, New South Wales University Press, Sydney 1992, p. 84.

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