Glyphipterix acrothecta

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂. 4+1⁄2"-5". Head and thorax dark bronzy-grey. Palpi white at base, second joint with two short oblique whorls of black white-tipped scales, terminal joint black with two oblique white rings and white above towards apex. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen elongate, blackish-grey with white rings, apex white. Legs dark fuscous, posterior and middle tibiae with white central and apical bands, tarsi with obsolete whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior tarsi with a clear white ring at apex of basal joint, and two apical joints wholly white. Fore-wings narrow, elongate, not dilated, hind-margin sinuate beneath apex; dull pale grey, suffused with brownish on disc and inner margin; six rather obscure white, anteriorly blackish-margined, oblique costal streaks; first at 1⁄4, reaching to middle, partially black-margined posteriorly as well; second in middle, not reaching half across wing; third to sixth short, mostly on costal cilia, each silvery-metallic at apex; a black oblique streak from middle of inner margin, leading to an obscure whitish anteriorly black-margined spot below apex of first costal streak; a faint whitish spot on anal angle, preceded by a short curved black streak; two silvery-metallic spots on disc, beneath extremities of second and third costal streaks, sometimes united with them; a rather large conical silver-metallic b …

This species is endemic to New Zealand. As well as its type locality this species has also been observed the Canterbury Region.