This bat occurs along the eastern Andes of Colombia and Venezuela. Its gray dorsal fur has pale bases, with white stripes above and below the eyes and a fine white line down the back. The account places it in humid premontane forest.
Dorsal hairs are pale at the base and mostly gray toward the tips. White stripes run above and below the eyes, and a thin white line extends from the back of the neck down the middle of the body. The ear margins and parts of the noseleaf are yellow.
The specialist account places this species in humid premontane forest along the eastern side of the northern Andes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.