9 Aug 2019

Critter of the Week Frosted phoenix, Titanomis sisyrota

From Afternoons, 3:28 pm on 9 August 2019

Nicola Toki, Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador tells us about the Frosted Phoenix, - dubbed New Zealand's most enigmatic moth.

Extremely rare, only ten specimens have ever been found - the last one in 1959!

Illustration from Hudson's 1928 Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.

Hudson's original specimen in the Natural History Museum in London

Female Titanomis sisyrota photographed by Birgit E. Rhode, [CC BY Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua]

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