The adult moth of this species is yellow with brown spots, a brown zigzag transverse line, and a broad brown band along the margin, of each wing. The wingspan is about 4.5 cms.

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(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found from Africa to the Pacific, including

and in Australia in

Further reading:

Achille Guenée,
Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), p. 321.

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(updated 15 May 2013, 15 February 2017, 6 December 2020)