Zealandopterix zonodoxa

Meyrick originally described the species as follows:

Male, female. — 7-8 mm. Head ferruginous or pale ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennas pale ochreous, with three more or less perceptible blackish bands. Thorax whitish-yellowish. Abdomen dark grey. Anterior and middle legs whitish-ocbreous, apex of joints black; posterior legs dark grey, apex of joints whitish-ochreous. Forewings oblong, costa abruptly bent near base, thence gently arched, apex acute, hindmargin straight, very oblique; neuration quite as in P. chalcophanes; dark fuscous purple, with bronzy reflections; extreme base whitish-yellowish; a moderately broad straight whitish-yellowish fascia before middle, generally narrowest above; a whitish-yellowish dot or small spot on costa about 3⁄4, variable in size, sometimes absent : cilia dark grey, with a rather large pale whitish-yellowish apical spot. Hindwings dark purple-grey; cilia dark grey. In a 2014 publication, this species was described as having a forewing length of 2.6 millimetres (0.10 in) for males and 3 millimetres (0.12 in) for females. This is the smallest micropterigid in New Zealand. The shiny white markings on the forewing of this species are variable.

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found from the northern North Island of New Zealand, from Te Paki south to Puketitri, Hawkes Bay and including Poor Knights, Little Barrier and Great Barrier Islands.

Z. zonodoxa is a moth that is active during the day and have been seen visiting the flowers of Nīkau and Cordyline pumilio in large numbers. This species has been collected using UV light. Adults develop wings between September and March.