''Tanycnema'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

moth genus of the family

Tineodidae __NOTOC__ The Tineodidae or false plume moths are a family (biology), family of moths with in some cases unusually modified insect wing, wings: Like in some related moths, the wings of several Tineodidae are decomposed into several rigid spines. T ...

or false plume moths. It was described by

Alfred Jefferis Turner Alfred Jefferis Turner (3 October 1861 in Guangzhou, Canton – 29 December 1947 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) was a pediatrician and amateur entomologist. He was the son of missionary Frederick Storrs-Turner. He introduced the use of diph ...

in 1922. Turner described the genus in ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria'', writing: The genus's one species, ''Tanycnema anomala'', was described in the same article, as:

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q18521894, from2=Q13646256 Tineodidae Moths described in 1923 Monotypic moth genera