The adult is white, with a striking brown pattern. It is distinguishable from Agrioglypta excelsalis by having no white margin on the wings. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

This species seems to occur exclusively in rainforest. We have collected specimens from a number of rainforest sites in Queensland, between the Cairns district and Iron Range on Cape York, as well as from monsoon forest near Gove in the Northern Territory. It is one of the most frequently encountered pyralids at nocturnal ultra-violet collecting lights in the Australian wet tropical rainforest.

The species also occurs in south-east Asia, including:

Australia.

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