This caterpillar is brown with many fine darker lines along the body. The first two pairs of prolegs are reduced, so that it moves in a looper fashion.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moths of this species are reddish-brown, with two pale lines across each forewing, and a faint kidney shaped mark near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are yellow, each with two dark patches. The abdomen is yellow.

Illustration 2, Plate CCXIV, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The specimens shown were caught in Queensland.

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