This tube-nosed bat is recorded in mountain rainforest in northeastern Australia. It forages for insects and nectar in the canopy and sometimes adopts a posture that may protect it from wet mist.
When roosting, it may wrap its wings around its body in an umbrella-like posture. The museum account suggests this may protect it from wet mist.
In northeastern Queensland mountain rainforest, it forages in the canopy of flowering trees for insects and nectar. Spiders are also described as important prey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.