Mallobathra campbellica

Mallobathra campbellica is a moth of the family Psychidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only on Campbell Island.

Taxonomy
This species was first described by John Stewart Dugdale in 1971. The female holotype specimen was collected by Guillermo Kuschel in January at Beeman Camp on Campbell Island and is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.

Description
Dugdale described the larvae of this species as follows: "D setae on 1st abdominal segment on two pinacula D1 (anterior, D1, D2 posterior); SV group tri-setose above each proleg; metathoracic posterior sternal setae closer together than anterior setae."

Dugdale described the adult female of this species as follows: "Head with slender yellow scales; forewings with patches of yellowish scales on a purplish brown, slightly iridescent ground, hindwings dark grey, abdomen dark grey, scent gland scales long, hair-like, crimped at mid-length, pale yellow. Length (vertex to wing tip): 7.4 mm."

Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only on Campbell Island.

Behaviour
The adults are on the wing in December and January.

Habitat
The adults of this species inhabit sheltered clearings amongst scrub where as the larvae inhabit leaf litter.