The young caterpillar erects a tall narrow silk shelter covered in frass on the underside of a leaf. Later it cuts the leaf, and rolls part of it over to make a tubular shelter.

It pupates in its shelter.

The adult moths are small, reaching only a span of about 1 cm. They have striking forewings with a pattern of white blotches on a orange-brown background. The hindwings are plain brown, and each hindwing has a broad hairy fringe.

The species has been found in:

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 4.20, p. 223.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 70.

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(updated 26 October 2010)