This moth has dark grey fore wings with the outer edge marked by a succession of coloured bands: grey, then white, brown, and black. There is a small but bright blue eyespot near the centre of each fore wing, and a row of five smaller eyespots in each brown band. The hind wings are yellow with a black border. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The species is found in the northern two-thirds of Australia, including :

the north of Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 457.

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