Tinea porphyropa is a cave-dwelling moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Sumatra, Indonesianhm - Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera) and Malaysia.Bradley, 1973. Tineid moths from the Batu Caves, Selangor. - Journal of Natural History Vol. 7, Iss. 6.
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are rather dark purple-grey with a cloudy darker spot on the end of the cell. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy-fuscous.Exot. Microlep. 3: 332
Subspecies Tinea porphyropa porphyropa Tinea porphyropa batuensis Bradley, 1973 (West Malaysia)
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