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Mallobathra cana
Mallobathra cana is a moth of the family Psychidae. It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1927. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed on Dun Mountain in the Nelson region. Adults have been observed on the wing in December.
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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.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been observed in the Nelson region.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Adults of this species have been observed on the wing in December.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 392046.