The larvae are believed to be soil dwelling with the adults emerging during the winter months of May and June.

[2] George Hudson discussed this species in the 1939 in his book A supplement to the Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.

Palpi with terminal segment much shorter than second, ochreouswhitish mixed with brown externally.

Forewings, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen oblique; dull brown; sometimes a broad stripe of ochreouswhite along dorsum, tapering to tornus and triangularly indented above near base, also a suffused stripe of the same colour beneath costa to about ¾; fringes whitish-ochreous with three or four lines of brown points.

[8] The adults are known to emerge during the winter months of May and June and males have been observed on the wing in August and September.