Stigmella maoriella (Pygmy Leafminer Moth)

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"Lt-Colonel D. Bolton commanded the Royal Engineers in Auckland between March 1850 and November 1853. He had previously toured New Zealand with Governor Grey in 1847, and was then stationed in Wellington during 1848 - 1850. As his collection does not include Wiseana cervinata Walker, and many of his specimens (Lepidoptera and cicadas) show characters distinctive of Auckland populations, it is likely that Bolton made his collection during his term in Auckland. He had two houses, an official one at Onehunga and another in Emily Place, at the foot of Symonds Street. He was briefly on the executive council of New Ulster (one of three provinces of New Zealand, a system abandoned in 1852). One species he collected - Stigmella maoriella (Walker) - has not been found since. Bolton embarked for England via Sydney in November 1853, and his collection reached the British Museum early in 1854, hence the museum accession number "54.4". He later died in South Africa (Auckland Institute and Museum Library records; Sir Charles Fleming, pers. comm.)."

Source: www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/books/fauna-of-nz-series/extracts/fnz14/historical-notes

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A species account can be found here:

Donner, Hans and Wilkinson, Christopher. (1989). Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Fauna of New Zealand [no.] 16. 92 pp.