Pseudocoremia albafasciata

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1915 from specimens collected in Taihape in February and Feilding in March.[4] Philpott named the species Selidosema albafasciata. In 1917 Edward Meyrick, when listing the species, attempted to correct the spelling of the epithet to albifasciata.[5] This spelling was itself in error.[3] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned the species to the genus Pseudocoremia.[3] He retained the original spelling of the species epithet under the ICZN Rules, Article 32a (ii) and 32c.[3] The type specimen was collected by Augustus Hamilton[4] and is now held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[6]

Philpott described the species as follows:

32-34 mm. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown. Antennae brown, annulated with ochreous, filiations rather short. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings moderate, triangular, costa subsinuate, termen evenly rounded, not strongly oblique ; dark greenish-fuscous with some admixture of yellowish ; markings white tinted with yellow and sparsely sprinkled with brown; a broad band at J slightly curved; median and second fasciae broad, coalescing at middle and enclosing a triangular blotch of ground-colour on costa ; sometimes throwing out a projection to middle of termen, thus interrupting the broad dark terminal area ; a terminal series of irregular blackish dots : cilia ochreous mixed with brown. Hind wings pale yellow sprinkled with fuscous ; a more or less interrupted brown terminal line: cilia yellow obscurely barred with brown.[4]

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[7][2] It has been collected in Taihape, Fielding, as well as at Puketitiri, in the Hawkes Bay.[8]

The biology and host species of this moth is unknown.[9]

This species has been classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being Nationally Endangered.[1]