Nepticulidae
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Nepticulidae

77 species Wingspan 3-9mm.

Very small moths, some with a bright metallic forewing fascia or white spotting, infrequently seen and difficult to identify as imagines, often requiring dissection. Most are more easily identified from their early stages; from the position of the ovum, the form of the mine, the appearance of the larva and the foodplant.

Their larvae are miners mostly of leaves making galleries and blotches, but some mine in the tender bark of trees and shrubs, or in buds and samaras. Nearly all leave the mine to pupate in a silken cocoon in soil, detritus, or occasionally on bark or leaves. Many species can be identified from the mine after the larva has left to pupate.

 Nepticulinae
4.002 116 Stigmella lapponica
4.003 117 Stigmella confusella
4.004 90 Stigmella tiliae
4.005 110 Stigmella betulicola
4.006 113 Stigmella sakhalinella
4.007 112 Stigmella luteella
4.008 114 Stigmella glutinosae
4.009 115 Stigmella alnetella
4.010 111 Stigmella microtheriella
4.011 109 Stigmella prunetorum
4.012 102 Stigmella aceris
4.013 97 Stigmella malella
4.014 98 Stigmella catharticella
4.015 92 Stigmella anomalella
4.017 93 Stigmella centifoliella
4.018 80 Stigmella ulmivora
4.019 95 Stigmella viscerella
4.020 82 Stigmella paradoxa
4.021 106 Stigmella torminalis
4.022 107 Stigmella regiella
4.023 108 Stigmella crataegella
4.024 104 Stigmella magdalenae
4.025 103 Stigmella nylandriella
4.026 100 Stigmella oxyacanthella
4.027 101 Stigmella pyri
4.028 91 Stigmella minusculella
4.029 105 Stigmella desperatella
4.030 99 Stigmella hybnerella
4.031 99a Stigmella mespilicola
4.032 75 Stigmella floslactella
4.033 76 Stigmella carpinella
4.034 77 Stigmella tityrella
4.035 68 Stigmella salicis
4.036 72 Stigmella myrtillella
4.038 70 Stigmella obliquella
4.039 73 Stigmella trimaculella
4.040 74 Stigmella assimilella
4.041 66 Stigmella sorbi
4.042 67 Stigmella plagicolella
4.043 63 Stigmella lemniscella
4.044 64 Stigmella continuella
4.045 50 Stigmella aurella
4.047 53 Stigmella splendidissimella
4.049 55 Stigmella aeneofasciella
4.051 59 Stigmella poterii
4.052 58 Stigmella filipendulae
4.053 78 Stigmella incognitella
4.054 79 Stigmella perpygmaeella
4.055 81 Stigmella hemargyrella
4.056 65 Stigmella speciosa
4.057 85 Stigmella suberivora
4.058 89 Stigmella basiguttella
4.059 87 Stigmella svenssoni
4.060 84 Stigmella ruficapitella
4.061 83 Stigmella atricapitella
4.062 88 Stigmella samiatella
4.063 86 Stigmella roborella
4.065 48 Trifurcula cryptella
4.068 46 Trifurcula immundella
4.069 47 Trifurcula beirnei
4.071 40 Bohemannia pulverosella
4.072 19 Bohemannia quadrimaculella
4.073 33 Bohemannia auriciliella
4.074 21 Etainia sericopeza
4.075 22 Etainia louisella
4.076 20 Etainia decentella
4.077 43 Fomoria weaveri
4.078 42 Fomoria septembrella
4.079 41 Zimmermannia atrifrontella
4.081 41a Zimmermannia amani
4.082 25 Ectoedemia intimella
4.085 23 Ectoedemia argyropeza
4.087 36 Ectoedemia quinquella
4.088 36a Ectoedemia heringella
4.089 37 Ectoedemia albifasciella
4.090 38 Ectoedemia subbimaculella
4.091 39 Ectoedemia heringi
4.094 28 Ectoedemia angulifasciella
4.095 29 Ectoedemia atricollis
4.096 30 Ectoedemia arcuatella
4.099 34 Ectoedemia occultella
4.100 35 Ectoedemia minimella
   

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