They live in sedges and snow grasses. There are over 1,760 species of moths in New Zealand, and most of them are endemic. Moths fly at night. Most of them are dull coloured. Their feelers are feathery or pointed and never clubbed.
Male moths have more have more feathery feelers than female moths.
They use them for smelling out the females. A male moth can find a female moth 11 kilometres away. New Zealand's most striking moth is the puriri moth, which lives in the North Island. Puriri moths are usually green but can sometimes be yellow, reddish-brown or white. They never eat because they have no mouth, and they only live for a couple of days.