The adult moths have brown wings. On top they have a complex pattern of dark lines and areas with a purple tinge. Underneather they are a plain flat brown. They have a wingspan of about 7 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The moths favour dark places, such as caves, to rest during daylight hours, but suffer predation by bats in these places.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The species is often confused with Eudesmeola lawsoni, but the undersides are quite different.

The species has been found in:

as well as in Australia in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 451.

Johan Christian Fabricius,
Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta,
Tom. 3, Part 2 (1793), p. 12, No. 12.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 18-19.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 151.

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(updated 18 July 2010, 10 April 2017)