Mallobathra angusta

Mallobathra angusta is a moth of the family Psychidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy
This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1928 using a male specimen collected at the Mount Arthur tableland track at 3000 ft. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. The holotype is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.

Description
Philpott described the adult of this species as follows: "♂. 20 mm. Head and palpi tawny. Antennae brown mixed with ochreous, ciliations in ♂ 2. Thorax and abdomen purplish-brown. Legs purplish-brown mixed with ochreous, tibiae and tarsi annulated with ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen strongly oblique; ochreous; strigulated throughout with dark purplish-fuscous; a blotch of purplish-fuscous on costa at middle and a similar one on dorsum beneath; fringes fuscous-grey. Hindwings dark fuscous; fringes fuscous-grey, paler apically."

Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected at Mount Arthur.

Behaviour
Adults of this species are on the wing in November.