It grows to a length of about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Jenny Holmes, Victoria)

The adult moths are fawn with several dark spots on the forewings. Underneath, they have a large dark spot at the apex of each wing which is more prominent under the hindwings. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales.

Illustration number 9, in Plate LX of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 64.

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