Pasiphila punicea

Philpott described the male of this species as follows:

♂. 25mm. Head green mixed with yellow. Palpiochreous. Antennae shaft ochreous, annulated with brown, ciliations 4. Thorax green, densely mixed with ochreous and golden scales. Abdomen green, much mix with blackish on basal segments and with ochreous on apical ones ; anal tuft whitish ; a black spot on five or six median segments. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior tarsi annulated with dark fuscous. Forewings, costa almost straight, apex abtuse, termen evenly rounded, bright green irrorated with fuscous and sprinkled with yellow ; an indistinct curved waved lines preceding first and the whole area flushed with pink ; median band traversed by several indistinct irregular thin fuscous lines ; posterior edge of median band twice incurved оп upper half, thence irregularly incurved to dorsum, broadly margined with a pink area posteriorly which is traversed by several indistinct fuscous lines following the contour of the band; a serrated clear green subterminal line; termen marked with an almost continuous blackish line: cilia greyish-green barred with black. …

This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in both the North and South Islands.

This species is commonly on the wing in November and December. Adults are attracted to light.

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