''Wiseana jocosa'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912 and is endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 34–38 mm for males and 44–55 mm for females. The colour of the forewings is usually dark brown. Adults are on wing from October to January.

References

Hepialidae Moths described in 1912 Moths of New Zealand Endemic fauna of New Zealand Endemic moths of New Zealand {{Hepialidae-stub