Caloptilia selenitis (Meyrick, 1909)
| SUBFAMILY | Gracillariinae |
| GENUS | Caloptilia |
| SPECIES | selenitis |
| AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1909) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gracilaria selenitis, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [New Zealand, Wellington Region, Carterton District], Mount Holdsworth, 3000 ft. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -41°0'0" Longitude: 174°59'0" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1909b. Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. - Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 41 (1908):5-16. |
| PAGINATION | 15 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| New Zealand | Meyrick, E. 1909b. Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. - Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 41 (1908):5-16. | 15 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Nothofagaceae | Nothofagus menziesii | New Zealand | Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62. | 64 |
| Nothofagaceae | Nothofagus obliqua | New Zealand | Hudson, G. V. 1928. The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. - — :1-386, 62 pls.. | 324 |
