[3][4] Philpott used a female moth collected by Charles E. Clarke at Woodside, Taieri in December.

[5] George Vernon Hudson also used this specimen to describe and figure the species in his 1939 publication A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.

[2] As well as being collected at Taieri, this species has also been found in central and western Otago, The Catlins, Southland, and the Waitaki Valley.

[7] Along with habitat that includes the various Olearia species that host S. albimaculata, this moth has also been found to inhabit lowland podocarp/hardwood forest.

[7] S. albimaculata has been classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being Nationally Endangered.