Merulempista cingillella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is known from China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Ningxia, Tianjin, Xinjiang), Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Morocco.
The larvae feed on Myricaria germanica, Tamarix gracilis and other Tamarix species