Male. — 18-20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, spotted with black above. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated with grey. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with ochreous- whitish, posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, irregularly suffused with light green ; costa shortly strigulated with black from base to 3⁄4 ; some scattered black scales about fold ; a large transverse tuft of scales towards inner margin at 1⁄4, followed by two black strigulae on inner margin ; a second tuft near inner margin at h, followed by a black dot on inner margin ; a third, smaller, above anal angle ; a clear ochreous-whitish subtriaugular blotch on apical fourth of costa, containing some greenish scales towards apex, its lower angle obtuse, anterior and lower sides margined by an irregular wavy black line, preceded by a brownish suffusion : cilia ochreous-whitish, with a greenish line spotted with black (imperfect). Hind- wings whitish-grey, yellowish-shining ; cilia whitish.[3]
^ abMeyrick, Edward (1888). "Descriptions on New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 77–106 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
