Tingena ophiodryas

Tingena ophiodryas is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1936 and named Borkhausenia ophiodryas using a specimen collected by S. Lindsay in the bush above Le Bon's Bay, on Banks Peninsula in February. In 1939 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. ophiodryas. In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena. The female holotype specimen, collected at Little River, Banks Peninsula, is held at the Canterbury Museum.

Meyrick described this species as follows:

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury.

The adults of this species are on the wing in February.