underside
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths have brown wings with a complex pattern of light and dark lines and markings. Underneath, the wings are pale brown, with a broad dark brown submarginal band, and a prominent dark spot in the middle of each wing. The moths have a wingspan of about 7 cms.

The species is often confused with Speiredonia mutabilis, but the undersides are quite different.

The species is normally found over most of the drier inland areas of mainland Australia.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 452.

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