[2] Metura are polyphagous, where they may be commonly encountered on garden plants in urban areas, or affixed to structures nearby.

Like all Psychidae, the larvae construct a protective larval bag which is a portable structure made primarily of silk and adornment, and is carried with them wherever they move.

[1] Male wingspan 40-63 mm, generally charcoal to black, head and thoracic regions with yellow or orange scales.

[1] Females are simple, scaleless except for corethrogyne, yellow in colour, with reduced eyes, antennae and legs, wingless.

[1] Larvae highly sclerotised, head and thoracic regions orange or cream-orange with black patterns, diagnostic to species.