Tinissa insularia is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in China (Yunnan), Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Celebes and the Moluccas), the Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Balabac, Tawi Tawi), New Guinea (Papua, Karkar Island, New Britain) and the Solomon Islands.[1]

Tinissa insularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tinissa
Species:
T. insularia
Binomial name
Tinissa insularia
Robinson, 1976

The wingspan is about 17 mm for males.

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