It constructs a shelter out of several blades of grass joined together with silk, it which it rests by day. It emerges to feed at night.
Male
(Specimen: courtesy of Museum Victoria)
The adult butterfly is dark brown fading to yellow at the base of each wing. Each wing also has a yellow patch, and each fore wing also has a number of small white spots. The males have a dark line acros part of each forewing. Underneath, the wings are fawn. There are brown and yellow patches under the fore wings, and there is an arc of outlined white spots under each hind wing. The wing span is about 3 cms.
Female
(Photo: courtesy of Museum Victoria)
The eggs are white and laid singly under the leaves of a foodplant.
The species is found as two sub-species in small areas of south-eastern Australia :
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 155-156.
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