The adult forewings are dark brown, each with a half of a pale banana shape on the hind margin. In the natural posture, these marks join up to show a smiley face. The hindwings are normally covered by the forewings, and are red with a broad brown margin. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of Trevor Jinks, North Burnett, Queensland)

The species has been found over much of eastern Australia, including:

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

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 28.12, p. 281.

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VI: Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), p. 653, No. 1.

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(updated 6 November 2010, 1 July 2019, 12 March 2021)