This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888 as Epyaxa limonodes using material collected by George Hudson in Wellington.

[2] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.

Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints pale yellowish, posterior pair suffused with whitish-yellowish.

Forewings with costa strongly arched on posterior half, hindmargin sinuate, somewhat oblique; light ochreous-yellowish; a basal patch of closely placed fuscous transverse lines; four series of white dots on veins, preceded and followed by black dots; first curved, within edge of basal patch; second from 1⁄3 of costa to 2⁄5 of inner margin, followed by two fuscous lines; third front beyond 2⁄3 of costa to 3⁄4 of inner margin, rather angulated in middle, sinuate inwards above middle, preceded by three obscure fuscous lines coalescing to form a small cloudy dark patch above middle; all fuscous lines terminating in black dots on costa; a black discal dot in middle; fourth series subterminal; a subtriangular dark fuscous blotch on hindmargin beneath apex; cilia light ochreous-yellowish, tips white.

[1][10] This species has been found in both the North and South Islands at Waimarino, Ohakune, Mount Taranaki, Wellington, Buller River, Otira, Poherua and Lake Wakatipu.