Tonica malthacodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae.

[2] The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The forewings are whitish ochreous, the costal edge infuscated towards one-fourth and the plical stigma represented by a large tuft of scales.

There are three or four dots of raised fuscous and dark fuscous scales beneath the costa posteriorly and the apical edge is infuscated.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Depressariinae is a stub.