This small pipistrelle was described from Madagascar. Its back is light rufous, its head darker, and its underside buffy brown. A building-wall roost was observed.
The pelage is light rufous on the back, distinctly darker on the head, and contrasting buffy brown underneath. The wings are uniformly dark.
At Kianjavato, six bats were recorded emerging from a hole in the exterior concrete wall of an occupied building in a rural community surrounded by farmland and lowland secondary forest. This was one building observation.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.