The adult moths are dark brown usually with two white bars across each forewing, and one across each hindwing. The forewings often each have an ocellus at the tornus. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Evan Harris, Ipswich)

The species appears as Illustration 5 in Plate CCXXII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.

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

The species has been found in