Original description
Female, 12-13 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous, vertex sometimes white; palpi short, not reaching vertex, second joint loosely scaled. Antennae grey, towards base whitish-ochreous. Thorax and abdomen ochreous-brown. Legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa nearly straight; apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, oblique; reddish-brown; a narrow inwardly oblique white fascia from mid-costa to dorsum at 2/3, followed by a broader grey suffusion; cilia white, mixed with fuscous-brown. Hindwings with termen rounded; veins 3 and 4 stalked; grey; cilia grey. Townsville, Q.; in May, July, and August; three specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.
— Original description by Turner
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Gen. Tanycnema, nov.
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