Tingena epimylia

Meyrick described this species as follows:

Fore wings light grey, three costal spots one on fold, and two discal dots obscurely darker; hind wings grey; head grey. His more detailed description is as follows:

Male, female.—11+1⁄2-13 mm. Head and thorax pale grey mixed with darker. Palpi whitish-grey, second joint externally densely irrorated with blackish, terminal joint with two or three slender blackish rings below middle. Antennae dark grey. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, central and apical ring of middle tibiae, hairs of posterior tibiae, and apex of all tarsal joints whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded; whitish-grey, densely and irregularly irrorated with dark grey, tending to form cloudy very indistinct patches on costa at 1⁄4, middle, and 3⁄4, leaving interspaces somewhat paler; an indistinct cloudy dark fuscous spot on fold at 1⁄3, a cloudy spot on anal angle, sometimes preceded and followed by a smaller spot, a dot in disc before middle and beyond that on fold, and another in disc beyond middle, all very indistinct and sometimes obsolete : cilia whitish-grey, with several rows of dark grey points. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish-grey. This species is similar in appearance to Tingena contextella as it too has a mottled appearance, but T. …

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed at its type locality of Castle Hill, as well as in the Tararua Ranges, in Nelson, Bealey River, and Lake Wakatipu.