The larval host are plants in the genus Pachystegia which is found only in the Marlborough region.

The male holotype specimen was reared from larvae collected by Hoare and J. S. Dugdale and found in the seed heads of a Marlborough rock daisy at Kaikōura.

This species is predominantly grey in colour but has silver markings on its forewings similar to that of H.

[1][2] The larval host of this species are plants in the genus Pachystegia.

[1] The larvae feed on the tomentum on the underside of the leaves of their host plant.