Mountain Coprosma Carpet

Philpott described this species as follows:

♂. 33-34 mm. Head yellowish-green. Palpi yellowish-green mixed with brown. Antennae brown, ochreous-tinged. Thorax yellowish-green mixed with black. Abdomen ochreous. Legs ochreous-grey, more or less infuscated. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly bowed; yellowish-green : markings dark olive-green; a curved irregular band near base, preceded by an obscure line; space between basal and median bands pale ground-colour with suffused dark median area; median band broad, anterior margin curved, with strong indentations above and below middle, posterior margin irregularly curved, with strong bidentate projection at middle; subterminal line greenish-white, subdentate, broadlv margined anteriorly with dark suffusion which almost touches projection of median band, thus nearly interrupting the stripe of pale ground-colour; an oblique dark striga from below apex to terminal line, deliminating a pale subtriangular apical patch; a crenate blackish terminal line: cilia yellowish-green with some dark scales. …

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island.

Adults have been observed on the wing in November and December.

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