''Tantaliana nigristriata'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by

Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse Dr Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse, also known as Antonius Johannes Theodorus Janse and by other orthographic variations, was a pioneer of South African entomology who specialised in Lepidoptera. His multi-volumed work, ''The Moths of South A ...

in 1915. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

and

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

. The wingspan is about 102 mm. The forewings are light pinkish cinnamon, broadly suffused, especially on the basal and the costal area, with glossy fuscous black. The reniform is distinct, in- and out-wardly confined by a sub-triangular black suffusion. The medial line is fuscous, curved outwards from the costa to vein seven, then straight to vein two, then slightly bent inwards to vein one, then indistinct to the inner margin. The postmedial line is double, fuscous and nearly straight, waved inwards on veins one to nine. The sub-terminal line is less defined and of the ground colour, waved inwards on the veins, curved from the costa to vein five, then nearly straight to the tornus. The space between the postmedial and sub-terminal lines and also beyond the sub-terminal line thickly suffused with fuscous. The hindwings are light pinkish cinnamon with the medial line very indistinct and the subterminal line broad, fuscous and slightly dentate on the inner side, more dentate inwards on the outer side at all the veins. The terminal line is broad, fuscous, slightly dentate outwards on the veins.''Annals of the Transvaal Museum''. 5 (1): 69.

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Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1915 Janinae Moths of Africa {{Bombycoidea-stub