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 kazakhstanica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Astrakhan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
Stigmella crataegella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Europe. It was described by the Austrian entomologist Josef Wilhelm Klimesch in 1936. The larvae mine the leaves of hawthorns.
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.
The pecan serpentine leafminer is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky in the United States.
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 intimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae which is found in Europe. It flies in June and July and the larva mine the leaves of willows from July to November.
Ectoedemia minimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic.
Stigmella gossypii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Puerto Rico and Florida.
Stigmella slingerlandella, the plum leaf miner, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America from Ontario, New York, Michigan and Ohio, possibly south to Florida. It was named in honour of Mark Vernon Slingerland.
Stigmella myricafoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It has been recorded in North America from Florida and Nova Scotia.
Enteucha is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae.
Enteucha acetosae, the pygmy sorrel moth, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Europe. It is one of the smallest moths in the world with some having a wingspan of only 3mm. The larvae mine the leaves of docks, leaving bright red tissue around the mines.
Enteucha basidactyla is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-western coast of Florida in the United States, as well as Dominica, Belize and Ecuador. It is likely that this species has a much wider distribution in the tropical forests of the Neotropics.
Enteucha guajavae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the western foothills of the Andes in Ecuador, but probably has a much wider distribution.
Ectoedemia similella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found primarily in eastern North America.
Acalyptris bicornutus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Florida Keys.
Acalyptris tenuijuxtus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Florida Keys of the United States.
Acalyptris scirpi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Utah, United States.
Enteucha diplocosma is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is known from Assam, India.
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