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Tingena sinuosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Wellington and at Tongariro. Adults of this species are on the wing in December.

Tingena sinuosa
Male holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Tingena
Species:	T. sinuosa
Binomial name
Tingena sinuosa (Philpott, 1928)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Borkhausenia sinuosa Philpott, 1928

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1928 using specimens collected at Wellington Botanic Garden and named Borkhausenia sinuosa.[3] In 1939 George Hudson discussed this species under the name B. sinuosa.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[2]

Description

Philpott described this species as follows:

♂. 17–19 mm. Head and thorax clear yellow. Palpi yellow, second segment mixed with fuscous without. Antennae greyish-fuscous, ciliations in ♂ ½. Abdomen greyish-white, and tuft ochreous. Legs ochreous-white, anterior pair strongly infuscated. Forewings clongate, costa well arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; clear yellow; costa at base narrowly edged with brown; fringes concolorous with wing. Hindwings and fringes whitish-grey. [3]

Philpott stated that this species is extremely similar to T. enodis but that it can be distinguished as there are differences in the male genitalia of the two species.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Wellington and at Tongariro.[1][4][5]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing in December.[4]

References

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