The larvae of this species are leaf miners and feed on the leaves of Celmisia haastii.

[3] The male holotype specimen, collected at Lake McKenzie in the Murchison Mountains, at 1200 m altitude on the 10 January 1984 by B.H.

Frontal tuft and scape rusty brown; collar brown-grey; antenna brownishgrey, comprising 30 segments.

Forewing buff, lustrous, reflecting silver, with a terminal dark grey area.

[4][5][3] This species inhabits subalpine and alpine grassland and herbfields, the preferred habitat of their host plant.