The adult moth has grey speckled forewings, each with several elongated variable irregular dark spots. The hindwings are grey. There is a pale brown tuft on the head. The wingspan is about 8 mm.

(Photo: courtesy of Bruno Kistrup Rasmussen and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found around the world, including

and Australia in

Further reading :

Arthur G. Butler,
On a collection of nocturnal Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. (Continued from p. 333),
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 5, Volume 7 (1881), p. 403, No. 42 (74).

Gaden S. Robinson, & Ebbe S. Nielsen,
Tineid Genera of Australia,
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993.

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham,
Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species.,
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London,
1897, p. 158 No. 250..

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(written 22 May 2022)