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.
Stigmella samiatella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found throughout Europe and south-western Asia. It has recently been recorded from Georgia and Russia.
Stigmella naturnella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Italy and central and eastern Russia.
Stigmella nivenburgensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Lithuania and central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It has also reported from Turkmenistan.
Stigmella nylandriella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, east to Russia, where it has been recorded from Bryansk, Murmansk, Karelia, Leningrad and Voronezh.
Stigmella obliquella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae which feeds on willow and can be found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Hermann von Heinemann in 1862.
Ectoedemia albifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe except the Mediterranean Islands. In the east it ranges to the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.
Ectoedemia liebwerdella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It occurs locally in central and southern Europe, east to the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.
Ectoedemia longicaudella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from most of Europe, east to Belgorod and Kaluga in Russia. It is also present in the Near East.
Ectoedemia turbidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae and is found in most of Europe. The larva mine the leaves of poplar trees and was first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848.
Ectoedemia subbimaculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to Smolensk, Kaluganorth and the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.
Ectoedemia arcuatella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, east to and the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.
Ectoedemia rubivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Serbia, and from Ireland to central Russia and Ukraine.
Trifurcula beirnei is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Great Britain, Denmark and parts of Germany, Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. It is also found in the Volga and Ural region of Russia.
Stigmella monella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, Japan (Hokkaido) and probably north-eastern China.
Trifurcula bleonella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1904. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, France, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, southern Russia and Georgia.
Ectoedemia hypericifolia is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by R.K. Puplesis in 1988. It was described from Kyushu, Japan, but is also known from Russia and China.
Ectoedemia permira is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by R.K. Puplesis in 1984. It is known from the Russian Far East and China.
Ectoedemia maculata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis in 1987. It is known from the Russian Far East.
Ectoedemia trifasciata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931. It is known from the Russian Far East and Japan.
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