Tingena aphrontis

Meyrick first described this species as follows:

Fore wings ochreous-yellow, partially suffused with grey, with a black discal dot; hind wings dark grey, paler towards base. In 1884 Meyrick went into more detail, describing this species as follows:

Male, female. — 12-14+1⁄2 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-yellow, anterior edge of palpi suffusedly dark fuscous. Antennae blackish. Thorax dark fuscous, with yellowish lateral and posterior spots. Abdomen dark grey, posteriorly becoming whitish-ochreous. Legs dark grey, apex of joints obscurely ochreous-whitish, posterior tibiae with very dense ochreous-whitish hairs. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded; grey, more or less wholly suffused irregularly with ochreous yellow; a blackish dot in disc beyond middle : cilia pale ochreous-yellow, somewhat mixed with grey. Hindwings grey, darker towards apex : cilia ochreous-whitish, suffused with dark grey towards base.This species is variable as the grey coloured patches are sometimes absent in some specimens.

It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected at Mount Arthur and at Arthur's pass at altitudes of between 3000 – 5000 ft.