Considering the insufficient knowledge of Phycitinae, this may be warranted, and eventually relatives of this specimens might be discovered in the Old World, or it might turn out to be a cryptic species complex.

On the other hand, its separation might render Pyla paraphyletic, in which case it would not be warranted.

The forewings are dark fuscous, sprinkled with grey-whitish; first and second lines obscurely pale, darker-edged; two darker transversely placed discal dots.

The imago appears to frequent especially those places where the heath has been partly burnt, to which its blackish colouring is adapted.

[1][2][3][4] The moths are on wing from June to August depending on the location.