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Tingena melinella
Tingena melinella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Nelson and Canterbury.
From the article Tingena melinella on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Hudson, describing the species B. freta, since synonymised with T. melinella, as follows:
The expansion of the wings is slightly under 5⁄8 inch … has the head, anterior portions of thorax and extreme base of costa, blackish-brown; the fore-wings are also deeper yellow.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been observed in Nelson and in Canterbury.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 415894.