The larva is quite unusual in that in life it has a large dorsal rounded swelling behind a large heavily sclerotised pronotal shield.

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

The adult moth of this species is brown with three dark lines across each forewing. The hindwings are dark grey. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

male
from Illustration 25 on Plate CLXXXVIII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species has been found in New Guinea and Australia.

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