The adult moth has white forewings with three broad transverse black bands edged with orange. The hindwings are yellow with a dark brown margin. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

The species is found in the south-eastern quarter of mainland Australia.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. 145,149

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