This species inhabits alpine herbfields at altitudes of around 900–1400 m. Larvae are said to have been reared on the leaves of plants in the Celmisia genus.

This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1930 using five female specimens collected in December at Hooker Valley and Ball Glacier Hutt.

Forewings oblong, costa strongly arched, apex broadly rounded, termen rounded, not oblique; shining white, faintly ochreous tinged towards termen: fringes white.

[2]Philpott noted that the female specimens he was using to describe the species were very similar in appearance to moths in the Gelophaula genus.

[1] This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found around the Aoraki / Mount Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Park areas in the Westland and Mackenzie districts.

[4][1] This species inhabits alpine herbfields at altitudes of around 900–1400 m.[1] Larvae are said to have been reared on the leaves of Celmisia coriacea from which they had been collected at the Sealy Range.