Mallobathra cana

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

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. The male holotype specimen is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.

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."

Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.