(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species have black and grey speckled forewings. The hindwings are yellow with a dark spot and a grey apex. The moths have a yellow abdomen with a black spot on the top of each segment. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The species is found over much of the northern half of Australia, including Townsville.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 442.

Buck Richardson,
Mothology,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2008, p. 12.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, pl. 19.19, p. 184.

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