Tingena honesta is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in the South Island.
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott using specimens collected at Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki in December and named Borkhausenia honesta.[2] In 1939 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand using the same name.[3] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena. The male holotype specimen is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.
Philpott described this species as follows:This species is similar in appearance to T. ancogramma but is paler.
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island.[4]
The adult moths are on the wing in December.