''Pasiphila dryas'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

.New Zealand Organisms Register
Retrieved 5 April 2017. Adults are on wing in December and January. The forewings are dull rosy brown with numerous obscure blackish transverse lines. The hindwings are grey, tinged with rosy brown with numerous very faint blackish transverse lines. /archive.org/stream/newzealandmothsb00huds/newzealandmothsb00huds_djvu.txt New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera)/ref>

References

Moths described in 1891 dryas Moths of New Zealand Endemic fauna of New Zealand Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Eupitheciini-stub