The host of the larvae of this species is the foliose liverwort Plagiochila circumcincta.

This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1927 using two female specimens collected by Mr W. Heighway at the Leslie Valley, Mount Arthur Tableland in November, 1915.

Head covered with dense long hair reaching beyond 1⁄2 of antennae, light tawny.

Hindwings metallic violet, paler near base; fringes fuscous with some yellow at middle of termen.

[1] The host of the larvae of this species is the foliose liverwort Plagiochila circumcincta.