Tingena vestita is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in Fiordland. The adults of this species are on the wing in January.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1926 using specimens collected in the Hunter Mountains in January by S. Lindsay. Philpott originally named the species Borkhausenia vestita. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. vestita in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena. The male holotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum.
Description
Philpott described this species as follows: Hudson described this species as looking "stout".
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been found in Fiordland.
Behaviour
The adults of this species is on the wing in January.