Caloptilia chrysitis

Caloptilia chrysitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1][2] The larvae of this species mine and fold the leaves of species in the genera Weinmannia and Elaeocarpus as well as Knightia excelsa, although only rarely for the later species.^[3]

Caloptilia chrysitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. chrysitis
Binomial name
Caloptilia chrysitis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
Caloptilia adelina (Meyrick, 1880) Caloptilia purpurea (Philpott, 1927) Caloptilia rutilans (Butler, 1880) Gracilaria purpurea Philpott, 1927