Trachypepla roseata

Trachypepla roseata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the Nelson and Tasman regions of the South Island. It frequents forest habitat and is on the wing in January. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.

Taxonomy

It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1923 using a specimen he collected at the Dun Mountain in Nelson in January. George Hudson had previously discovered the species in Tākaka. Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. The holotype is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.

Philpott described the species as follows:

This species is endemic to New Zealand. This species has been collected at its type locality of the Dun Mountain at a height of approximately 600 m above sea-level, at Tākaka and at Wairoa Gorge, all in the Nelson and Tasman areas.

The adults of this species are on the wing in January.

This species frequents forest habitat.

This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.