@dubh Thanks. Izatha are something special. I get three species in our garden, and I saw them all this Spring. Two are pale with the zig-zag patterning (Izatha huttonii and Izatha katadiktya) and one is grey with more subtle patterns (Izatha convulsella).

Of course, the Queen of the Lichen Moths is not an Izatha but an Ipana. In the South Island we have the Purerehua, Ipana egregia. That is found on Banks Peninsula but I've not had one of these in our garden (yet).

A couple of weeks back I was talking with NZ lepidopterist Brian Patrick who told me that he suggested to the Reserve Bank that this moth should be on a dollar note. It's now the one on the NZ$100. So thanks Brian.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/260786636

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