Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes. These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.
Ectoedemia platanella, the sycamore leaf blotch miner, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the eastern parts of the United States.
Ectoedemia hannoverella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Asia and Europe. The larva mines the leaves of poplars causing a small gall in the petiole.
Ectoedemia occultella, the small birch leafminer, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It has a Holarctic distribution. It is found in most of Europe, east through Russia to Japan. It is also present in North America. Mines very similar to that of Ectoedemia occultella have been found on Rosaceae species in Nepal and Japan and these may belong to this species.
Ectoedemia minimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic.
Ectoedemia hadronycha is a moth of the family Nepticulidae and belongs to the Fomoria subgenus of Ectoedemia. It is endemic to Australia, where it is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland.
Ectoedemia squamibunda is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
Ectoedemia fuscivittata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from rainforests in Belize and Ecuador.
Ectoedemia lacrimulae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from the western part of the Kopet Dag ridge in Turkmenistan.
Ectoedemia trinotata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in eastern North America.
Ectoedemia rubifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in eastern North America.
Ectoedemia ulmella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Kentucky and Pennsylvania in the United States.
Ectoedemia similella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found primarily in eastern North America.
Ectoedemia grandisella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Texas, United States.
Ectoedemia rosiphila is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Rimantas Puplesis in 1990. It is known from Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan.
Ectoedemia virgulae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1927. It is known from the United States including Ohio, Maryland and Florida, and in Canada from Ontario and Quebec.
Ectoedemia marmaropa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1925. It is known from North America, including Utah, Wyoming, Ohio, Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, and California.
Ectoedemia tigrinella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Russian Far East.
Ectoedemia cerviparadisicola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in central Japan.
Ectoedemia ortiva is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Russian Far East. The habitat consists of dense, mostly deciduous forests.
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