1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: ♀, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Campus of University of NSW, at light, 6. December 2015 (Studiofoto: Wolfgang Hackbusch), det. Egbert FriedrichForum

2: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Campus of ANU, 3. February 2018, at light (det. & fot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

3: Australia, Mornington Peninsula, Mornington, garden, 30 m, 23. January 2022, at light (det. & phot.: Eckhard Schaefer)Forum

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Walker (1862: 1245) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Eupithecia insigillata Walker, 1862 [original combination]
• Sigilliclystis insigillata (Walker, 1862) [other combination according to funet.fi]

3.2. Synonyms

• Eupithecia destructata Walker, 1869 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

According to [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] the species occurs in Australia. Emmerson & Hoare (2019: 65-66) wrote about Albany (Auckland, New Zealand): "Adventive" and "Two specimens on 18 April 2010 then two more 10 February 2016 and another 10 March 2016. This species was first collected in New Zealand by Neville Hudson at Houhora ND in May 2004, then in Remuera AK in September 2005. The first Auckland North Shore record was in May 2006 at Tuff Crater (AWE)."

(Authors: Michel Kettner & Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literature

• Emmerson, A. & R. Hoare (2019): Lepidoptera from Redvale, Albany, north of Auckland, New Zealand, 2004-2016: an annotated list. — The Weta, 53: 43-70. [/weta.ento.org.nz]
• Original description: Walker, F. (1862): List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 24: 1021-1280.

3.5. Informations from other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]