The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 3 cms.

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

The adult moth has rusty brown fore wings with a metallic silver pattern consisting of curved arcs along the termen and a subterminal dotted line. The hind wings are silky white. Each wing has a hairy fringe. The moths have a wing span of about 3 cms.

The species may be found over much of Australia, including:

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. 266,268,270

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