(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

The pupa is brown, and formed on or in the soil with no cocoon.

(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

The moths have brown forewings, and bright orange hindwings that have broad black margins and a large black spot in the middle. The wings have smooth margins. The abdomen is orange. The wingspan is about 7 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

Underneath, the forewings are brown an yellow diagonal bar, and have an yellow base. The hindwings have similar patterns to those on the upper surfaces except they are in brown and yellow.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The species occurs in