Mallobathra cana is a moth of the family Psychidae.[1][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Mallobathra cana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Mallobathra
Species:
M. cana
Binomial name
Mallobathra cana

Taxonomy

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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

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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

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This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. ^ a b c John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 68. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ a b Alfred Philpott (15 August 1927). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 89–90. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110137637.