The adult moth has white forewings with an open lattice of dark brown lines. The hindwings are yellow with a brown border.

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

The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms. The species is found across most of the southern half 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. 108-112,120

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