The adult moths are pale brown with vague arcs of dark dots scattered over the upper surface of each wing. The wings often each have a dark-edged pale sppot near the middle, particularly the hindwings. The antennae are white. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species is found across the south Pacific, including :

and in Australia in

Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 22 (1862), p. 643, No. 12.

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(written 30 March 2013, updated 3 December 2020)