This adult moth has transparent wings, with a striking brown pattern. It has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

It is found over the central eastern coast of Australia, in

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 9.8, p. 355.

Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 18 (1859), p. 722, No. 305.

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