Polyplectropus waitakerensis is a species of caddisfly belonging to the family Polycentropodidae. The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1962, and is endemic to New Zealand.
The species was identified by Wise in 1962, based on a specimen collected by a light trap in Titirangi, Auckland, in 1952.
Wise's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
The species is endemic to New Zealand.