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

The adult moth has fawn fore wings covered with intricate patterns of dark lines. The hind wings are yellow, with a dark border. The moth has a wing span of about 3 cms. This species may be found over most of Australia.

specimen collected on the Gippsland Lakes in February
(Photo: copyright Peter Marriott}

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 450.

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