Titanomis
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Titanomis is a genus of moths containing a single species, Titanomis sisyrota, also known as the frosted phoenix. Taxonomists are currently unable to place this moth within an existing superfamily. Th
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Illustrated by George Vernon Hudson in his 1928 Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand
A female specimen of Titanomis sisyrota
Waipapa Dam
Oban, New Zealand
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Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on Halfmoon Bay, and stretches over a peninsula to Paterson Inlet.
Titanomis
…birdwatching group led by biologist and school teacher Pav Johnsson visited Stewart Island / Rakiura. The group was staying at the South Sea Hotel in Oban, and Johnsson set up a UV light on his second-floor balcony before they set out to search for kiwi. Upon their return, Johnsson noticed a large, robust…
Overlooking Oban and Halfmoon Bay
The centre of Oban, 2020
Rakiura Museum, 2023
Halfmoon Bay School, 2023