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Tanaoctena ooptila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Galacticidae
Genus:	Tanaoctena
Species:	T. ooptila
Binomial name
Tanaoctena ooptila Turner, 1913

Tanaoctena ooptila is a moth in the family Galacticidae. It was described by Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, with irregular fuscous suffusion which tends to form transverse lines. There is a dark fuscous median discal dot at one-third, and a second before two-thirds. There are two closely approximated lines from the costa at one-fourth, diverging in the disc, the first inwardly curved to one-fourth of the dorsum, the second outwardly to the mid-dorsum. There is a pale area around the first discal dot and there are two suffused lines between this and the second dot. The hindwings are whitish.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Tanaoctena ooptila​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
2. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 38: p. 205 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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