These adult moths have brown forewings, each with a central dark spot, and a submarginal row of smaller dark dots. At rest, the wings are held over the body.

eggs, magnified
(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Young)

The eggs are smooth and oval, and come yellow and white with purple blotches.

Further reading :

Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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