However the larval host is unconfirmed although it has been hypothesised that larvae of this species feed on Kunzea ericoides flowers.

A female specimen has been found with a larva in her oviduct suggesting that this species may give birth to larval young.

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912 and named Heliostibes callispora using a specimen collected in January by George Hudson in Wellington.

Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen straight, little oblique, rounded beneath; dark indigo-fuscous, closely strewn with pale greenish-yellowish hair-scales : cilia fuscous, basal third dark fuscous mixed with deep ferruginous.

[1][4] Adults of this species have been collected in December and January and are day flying but are also attracted to light at night.

[1] A female specimen has been found with a larva in her oviduct suggesting that this species may give birth to larval young.