Larvae exclusively feed on Muehlenbeckia australis and adults are on the wing from November to April.

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 using a female specimen collected at New Plymouth in February.

[5] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.

Forewings broad, oblong, costa anteriorly very strongly arched, apex round-pointed, produced, hindmargin strongly sinuate, hardly oblique; purplish-ochreous, obscurely strigulated with greyish-purple; a slightly darker purplish basal patch, its outer edge extending from 1⁄5 of costa to 2⁄5 of inner margin, not angulated; central fascia straight, broad throughout, greyish purple, suffused with bright reddish-ochreous on upper half posteriorly, running from middle of costa to anal angle; a more distinct strigula from 3⁄4 of costa to hindmargin below middle: cilia rather dark fuscous purplish.

Forewings rather elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, with moderate costal fold reaching 2⁄5, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique; fuscous-purplish indistinctly strigulated with dark grey; costal fold brownish-ochreous strigulated with grey; a triangular apical ochreous-orange patch, marked with some dark-fuscous strigulae between veins and on costa, its anterior edge straight, running from 3⁄5 of costa to tornus; central fascia indicated as an evenly broad band of darker suffusion preceding this: cilia reddish-ochreous-fuscous.

[8] It has been observed in both the North and South Islands at locations such as Taranaki, Lake Horowhenua, Kaitoki, Wellington, and Dunedin.