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

It grows to a length of about 1 cm. The Caterpillar pupates in between leaves in a hard brown cocoon.

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

The male adult moth is brown, with dark marks on each fore wing. The female moths are brown with a narrow white line across each forewing. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

The species is found in Queensland.

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