Cnephasia holorphna

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂. 18 mm. Head fuscous mixed with whitish-ochreous. Paipi 2 ½, clothed with very long rough projecting scales, whitish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Antennal ciliations bifasciculate, 2 ½. Thorax fuscous, sprinkled and edged with whitish-ochreous. Abdomen fuscous, segmental margins and anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings suboblong, costa gently arched, with moderate fold extending from base to ¼, apex obtuse termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique; fuscous, with irregularly scattered whitish scales, especially on margins, and with scattered strigulae of dark fuscous and blackish scales, but no defined markings: cilia fuscous, towards tips whitish. Hindwings fuscous, darker towards termen; cilia whitish-fuscous, with a fuscous subbasal line, towards tips whitish. Undersurface of hindwings grey.

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the Southern Alps in the South Island. Although Hudson stated it was comparatively common in the area he collected the holotype, he regarded the species as being extremely local in distribution. Hudson also stated in that 1928 publication that this species had not been collected since he collected the holotype in 1893.