''Agnidra tanyospinosa'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Drepanidae The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a super ...

. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1988. It is found in

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, China. The length of the forewings is about 17 mm. Adults are similar to ''

Agnidra corticata ''Agnidra corticata'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1922. It is found in north-eastern India and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world' ...

'', but have whitish patches on the cells of the wings., 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus ''Agnidra'' Moore, 1868. ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 31 (1): 85-93.

References

Moths described in 1988 Drepaninae Moths of Asia {{Drepaninae-stub