Tingena fenestrata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island. This species has been observed in native forest habitat in December.
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1926 using specimens collected at Dun Mountain and named Borkhausenia fenestrata.[2] George Hudson discussed this species under the name B. fenestrata in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[3] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena. The male holotype is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. Dr Robert Hoare has communicated that this species may belong to the genus Mermeristis.[4]
Philpott described this species as follows:
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island.[5]
This species is on the wing in December.
This species has been observed in native forest habitat.