Dasyuris grisescens

The hindwings of this species are coloured differently depending on whether they are found in the North or South Islands. South Island specimens have hind-wings coloured orange while North Island specimens lack this colouration. Hudson, describing a South Island specimen, stated the following:

The expansion of the wings is 1+1⁄4 inches. All the wings are dark greyish-black, speckled with bluish-grey scales. The forewings have four or five rather indistinct wavy darker transverse lines, and a very broad darker shading near the termen; there is a fine white mark near the apex, continued as an indistinct wavy subterminal line. The hind-wings have three or four darker transverse bands, and a very broad terminal shading; there are also three or four more or less distinct whitish transverse lines; the cilia are whitish barred with dark grey. On the under side all the wings are dark blackish-grey, traversed by five or six broad wavy whitish lines. The female holotype specimen was collected at Castle Hill in Canterbury by J. D. Enys and is held at the Natural History Museum in London. Prout, when first describing D. a. grisescens, stated that:

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This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the North and South Islands.

Adults are day flying and are on the wing from December until February.

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