Both the male and female of the species have been observed resting on fences during cold nights.

[2][3][4] George Hudson discussed this species in his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.

[6] The male lectotype specimen, collected in Christchurch, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Meyrick, in a later 1883 publication, went on to state: ♂ broader - winged than versuta, ground-colour always fuscous, stigmata not ochreous.

Legs ochreous-whitish, tarsal joints suffused with dark fuscous towards base.

[8] This species has been observed in the South Island, at Canterbury, including at Riccarton Bush and Cass.

[12] The adults of this species are on the wing in the New Zealand spring months of August and September and are attracted to sugar traps.