Tanygona

Tanygona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Tanygona
Braun, 1923
Species: T. lignicolorella
Binomial name
Tanygona lignicolorella
Braun, 1923

Tanygona is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Tanygona lignicolorella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.

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