Tanychaeta

{{Short description|Genus of tortrix moths}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Tanychaeta

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Tortricidae

| subfamilia = Tortricinae

| genus = Tanychaeta

| genus_authority = Common, 1963

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Tanychaeta is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.{{cite web|author=Baixeras, J.|author2=Brown, J. W.|author3=Gilligan, T. M.|name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogue.asp |title=Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae|publisher=Tortricidae.com|accessdate=January 20, 2009}}