The larvae of this species are variable in appearance but tend to be coloured yellow-green with greyish patches.

The adults of the species have a pale golden appearance with silver or purple coloured bars on the forewings.

This species is found from the Coromandel Peninsula to the Fox Glacier and is on the wing from September to January.

[3] This placement was accepted by J. S. Dugdale in his 1988 publication Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa.

[1] Meyrick had justified the placement of this species in the Micropardalis genus on the basis of wing venation.

[6] It is one of New Zealand's most frequently encountered jaw-moths, this species is found from as far North as the Coromandel Peninsula to as far South as Fox Glacier.