Tingena phegophylla

Meyrick first described this species as follows:

Fore wings dilated, reddish-ochreous-brown, a discal dot and indented dorsal streak ochreous-whitish, partly suffused with yellow; hind wings dark grey. Meyrick's more detailed description is as follows:

Male.— 21-22 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi ochreous-yellow, externally mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-yellow, suffused with fuscous except on posterior margin. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, hairs of posterior tibiae and apex of all joints ochreous-yellow, beneath wholly ochreous-yellow. Forewings moderate, posteriorly strongly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind-margin oblique, hardly rounded; reddish-ochreous-brown, becoming deeper towards inner margin; a minute ochreous-whitish dot in disc beyond middle; an ochreous-whitish streak along inner margin from base to 3⁄4, towards extremities suffused with bright ochreous-orange, its upper margin rather deeply indented at 1⁄3, thence somewhat dilated, and again attenuated to apex : cilia reddish-ochreous brown, beneath anal angle ochreous-whitish suffused with orange. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey, extreme base pale.The colouring of this species closely resembles a dead native beech leaf.

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been observed in the southern parts of the South Island including its type locality of Lake Wakatipu, at Leithen Bush, and in the Routeburn Valley.