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Tanygona

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cosmopterigidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tanygona 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.

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

References

Tanygona Wikipedia