Species of moth
Mallobathra cana is a moth of the family Psychidae.[1][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1927 using two male specimens he collected at 3500 ft on the Dun Mountain in Nelson.[3][2] The male holotype specimen is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[2]
Description
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 14–15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-brown. Antennae ochreous, ciliations in male 3. Abdomen fuscous-brown. Legs fuscous mixed with ochreous, posterior pair more ochreous, all tarsi annulated with ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen strongly oblique; ochreous, covered with brown strigulae and with strong purplish-violet iridescence; the strigulae tend to form spots on apical half of costa and round termen; an indistinct brown spot on dorsum at ½; fringes fuscous mixed with ochreous. Hindwings and fringes greyish-fuscous with purplish-violet sheen.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
References
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