Phaeosaces lindsayae

Philpott described the species as follows:

Male.- 21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous grey, mixed with fuscous. Palpi ochreous grey mixed with blackish, terminal segment black externally, except at apex. Antennae ochreous, annulated with black. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs, posterior pair ochreous, tarsi annulated with fuscous; middle pair more or less infuscated, tarsi annulated with ochreous; anterior pair dark fuscous, tarsi annulated with ochreous. Forewings moderate, costa well arched basally, apex rounded, termen oblique; ochreous grey, densely irrorated with dark fuscous, the irroration tending to form costal spots and interrupted transverse strigae; stigmata obscurely indicated, pical beneath first discal, second discal rather large, transverse; veins faintly outlined in fuscous towards termen; a blackish terminal line; fringes ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings greyish fuscous with fuscous subbasal line and traces of a similar subapical one.

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has only been collected at its type locality.