Tingena hoplodesma

Meyrick originally described this species as follows:

Fore wings narrow, pale yellow, anterior half of costa, three oblique fasciae and a hind marginal streak grey; hind wings grey. Meyrick went on to describe the species in more detail as follows:

Male. — 12+1⁄2 mm. Head and palpi light yellow. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax light yellow, mixed with fuscous grey. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs dark grey, hairs of posterior tibiae and apex of all tarsal joints whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded; light yellow, somewhat deeper in disc; markings very pale whitish-grey, closely irrorated with dark grey scales; a streak along anterior half of costa; a cloudy spot on inner margin near base; a narrow oblique transverse fascia from 1⁄4 of costa to before middle of inner margin, and a second from middle of costa to 3⁄4 of inner margin, both slightly interrupted below middle; a third, less oblique, from 3⁄4 of costa to anal angle, obscurely connected with second near inner margin; an irregular streak along hindmargin : cilia light yellow, with numerous lines of grey points. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey, base slightly darker.The grey bands of this species are variable, with some specimens having indistinct bands or them even being absent or sometimes replaced with grey speckling.

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has occurred in Whangārei, Kapiti Island, Nelson, Rakaia, Prices Valley, Canterbury, Dunedin and Lake Wakatipu.