Mountain Pug

Philpott originally described the adults of this species as follows:

♂♀. 19-21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-green, in ♀ ochreous. Palpi 2. Antennae in ♂ ciliate-fasciculate, ciliations 4. Abdomen greenish-grey, in ♀ ochreous, with a reddish-fuscous antemedian band. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, termen subsinuate, moderately oblique ; greyish-green ; costa narrowly reddish to 1⁄4 ; numerous reddish-fuscous waved lines from base to 3⁄4 , forming curved fascia at 1⁄3 ; outer edge of median band broadly and obtusely projecting at middle ; a large apical blotch of bright reddish-fuscous ; a smaller and paler tornal blotch with a minute white dot near centre ; subterminal line serrate, grey-green ; a reddish-fuscous line round termen : cilia greyish-green, suffused with reddish-fuscous except at middle of termen. Hindwings unevenly rounded ; pale greenish-grey ; a reddish-fuscous discal dot and numerous obscure waved reddish-fuscous striae, more prominent on dorsum : cilia greenish-grey with faint reddish-fuscous bars. This species is very variable in appearance especially with regard to the intensity of colour pattern of specimens.

P. magnimaculata is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in both the North and South Islands including in the Otago region and on Quail Island.

Adults have been observed on the wing from October to February.

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