Pasiphila lunata

Philpott described the male adult of this species as follows:

♂. 18-19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark greenish-fuscous. Palpi 1+1⁄2. Antennae biciliated with long fascicles, ciliations 3. Forewings triangular, costa almost straight, termen slightly bowed, subsinuate on lower half ; dark greenish- fuscous ; veins marked more or less with black ; lines obscure ; some faint thin waved green lines near base ; median band ochreous except beneath costa, anterior edge from 1⁄2 to 3⁄5, waved, hardly curved, posterior from 3⁄4 to 4⁄5, bluntly projecting at middle and concave on lower half ; a thin dentate bluish-green subterminal line : cilia ochreous, barred with fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, sprinkled with ochreous ; veins with alternate black and white dots ; a thin dentate bluish-green subterminal line. ♀ as ♂, but median band almost obsolete, and with prominent irregular crescentic white mark in middle of forewing, the limbs directed posteriorly. Hudson described this species as being variable in appearance and dark looking compared to other species in the genus Pasiphila.

P. lunata is endemic to New Zealand. It has been observed in both the North and South Islands.