This species can be found in open clearings of shrubland and forest at altitudes from sea level up to the alpine zone.

[4] In 2017 Robert Hoare undertook a review of New Zealand Noctuinae and placed this species in the genus Physetica.

[5] The lectotype specimen was collected by Richard William Fereday in Rakaia and held at the Natural History Museum, London.

Forewings moderately dilated, costa straight, apex obtuse, hind-margin crenulate, obliquely rounded; pale ochreous-grey, densely and suffusedly irrorated with white, tending to form longitudinal streaks; inner margin suffused with brownish; lines hardly traceable, strongly dentate; reniform narrow, white, anteriorly suffused, posteriorly edged with an interrupted blackish line; subterminal indicated by a posterior brownish dentate margin, diverted to hindmargin below apex : cilia ochreous-grey, mixed with white.

[5] This species is regarded as being rare in most locations however it has been found to be common at Mount Te Aroha.

[6] This species is found in open clearings of shrubland and forest at altitudes from sea level up to the alpine zone (at least 1850 m).