Pasiphila rubella

Philpott described the adults of this species as follows:

♂♀. 28-29 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark greenish- fuscous with some admixture of greyisb-pink and white scales. Palpi 2. Antennae in ♂ ciliate-fasciculate, ciliations 4. Forewings triangular, broad, costa in ♂ rather strongly arched on apical fourth, termen obliquely bowed ; dark greenish-fuscous mixed with black and tinted, especially round tornus, with pink ; veins interruptedly marked with black ; lines very obscure : a double, outwardly somewhat dentate, line at 1⁄4 ; a hardly traceable similar basal line ; median band moderate, inward margin curved, subdentate ; outer margin irregular, followed by 4 or 5 alternate lighter and darker lines, most distinct on costal half ; subterminal line bluish-green, serrate : cilia, basal half and suffused bars fuscous-greenish, apical half grey, flushed with pink. Hindwings, termen rounded ; fuscous grey, darker and flushed with pink towards dorsum and termen ; numerous obscure lighter and darker waved lines : cilia as in forewings.

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

Adults of this species are commonly on the wing in December and January and have an affinity for Veronica odora. They are attracted to light.

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