MORPHOLOGY
The descriptions below are on the genus level. For difference between the species we recommend to look at the pictures or look up the original species description.
External characteristics
Forewing length (mm): 23-32.
General morphology:
Antennae as long as half costa, with long slender club and long finely pointed apex. Rather broad-winged, angle between termen and inner margin of forewing at most 105o. Hindwing with termen rounded or slightly hooked halfway.
Wing coloration:
Upper side: Upper side forewing rufous to dark brown, plain or with a white or yellow band or spots. Upper side hindwing may be inconspicuously spotted or have the termen more or less orange.
Underside: Underside forewing as upper side. Underside hindwing as upper side.
Secondary sexual characters:
Male often with costal fold. Male hind tibiae with upper spurs often more or obsolete and the lower air unequal; at the back with a hair pencil longer than the tibia and a long tuft on the femur. In two species male hind leg not modified.
Species
Twelve species, mainly New Guinea and surrounding islands, also Moluccas and N. Australia.