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

The adult moth has white forewings with a pattern of thick dark brown lines. The hindwings are yellow. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Oecophorine Genera of Australia II:
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1997, pp. 268,276,282-284

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