Helastia cymozeucta

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂♀. 23–25 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, face with conical tuft. Palpi 2 ⅔. Antennal pectinations in ♂ a 5, b 6. Abdomen whitish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous, with double dorsal row of blackish spots. Forewings triangular, costa sinuate, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded, waved, subconcave on upper half; greyish-ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous, towards costa and termen whitishochreous; first two fasciae each formed of two or three striae of blackish irroration; third and fourth fasciae of two and three blackish striae respectively, more or less suffused with fuscous, third preceded and fourth followed by a white stria, fourth irregular and forming an obtuse obliquely bidentate projection in middle; a black transverse-linear discal mark between these; a waved white subterminal stria edged anteriorly with more or less darkfuscous suffusion, space between this and fourth fascia more or less suffused with dull brown-reddish; a spot of dark-fuscous suffusion before apex; an interrupted blackish terminal line: cilia whitish, barred with dark fuscous. …

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the North Island in the Auckland, Waikato, Gisborne, Taupō and Wellington regions and in the northern parts of the South Island in the Nelson, Buller and Westland regions.

The adults of this species have been observed on the wing from November to January as well as in March.

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