Tiphobiosis kuscheli is a species of caddisfly belonging to the family Hydrobiosidae. The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1972, and is endemic to the Auckland Islands of New Zealand.
The species was identified by Wise in 1972, based on a single specimen collected in 1966 from leaf litter on Adams Island off the coast of Auckland Island by Guillermo Kuschel, after whom the species was named.[1] The larvae of the species was first described in 1978.
Wise's original text (the type description) reads as follows:Wise measured the holotype as having an anterior wing length of, with the head and body measuring a combined .
The species is endemic to the Auckland Islands of New Zealand.