Tingena morosa

Tingena morosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found in the South Island in Nelson including at the Dun Mountain and in the Canterbury region. This species inhabits native forest at altitudes from 2000 to 3000 ft. Adults of this species are on the wing in December.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott using specimens collected in Nelson and at Dun Mountain. Philpott originally named the species Borkhausenia morosa. George Hudson discussed this species in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand under that name. In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena. The male holotype specimen, collected at Dun Mountain, is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.

Philpott described this species as follows:

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Nelson region, at Dun Mountain, and in the Canterbury region.

Adults of this species are on the wing in December.

This species inhabits native forest at altitudes from 2000 to 3000 ft.