The adult moth is predominently grey or brown in colour, with dark brown patches and white markings including a white spot near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are a uniform brown. There are bunched hairs on the thorax.

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

The species has been found around the Indian Ocean, including:

and in Australia in

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 12 (1858), pp. 927-928, No. 85.

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(written 28 February 2015, updated 21 January 2026)