It inhabits tussock grasslands and wetlands and can occur at ranges from the alpine zone down to almost sea-level.

Adults of this species are on the wing from late January to April and are attracted to light and to sugar traps.

[4] In 2019 Robert Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand Noctuidae.

Abdomen light grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous, mixed with reddish.

Forewings moderately dilated, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin waved, somewhat oblique, rounded beneath; reddish-fuscous, slightly ochreous-tinged; costa somewhat irrorated with whitish; a black dot towards inner margin at 1⁄3; reniform represented by a subcrescentic whitish-ochreous mark, bordered beneath by a cloudy dark-grey spot; a posterior curved series of obscure black dots : cilia reddish-fuscous, tips white.

[2] This species inhabits tussock grasslands and wetlands and can occur at ranges from the alpine zone down to almost sea-level.