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 microtheriella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae, found in Asia, Europe and New Zealand. The larvae mine the leaves of hazel and hornbeams. It was described by the English entomologist, Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854 from a type specimen found in England.
Stigmella oxyacanthella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae, found in Europe and North America. The larvae are leaf miners feeding inside the leaves of trees and shrubs, such as hawthorn, apple and pear.
Stigmella plagicolella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854. It is found in all of Europe and the Near East.
Stigmella aurella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Africa, Asia and Europe. It was first described by the Danish zoologist, Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. The larvae are leaf miners.
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.
Stigmella plumosetaeella is a species of moth in the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Arizona, USA, and Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Stigmella rhoifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio and Kentucky in the United States. The wingspan is 3.2–4.2 mm. Late instar larvae may be found in June, late July and September. Adults are on wing in June and particularly August. There are two to three generations per year.
Stigmella rosaefoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, New York, Michigan, Missouri and Ontario.
Stigmella villosella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the United States in Texas, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Stigmella fuscotibiella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Stigmella sclerostyla is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Arkansas and Ontario.
Stigmella unifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the United States in Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, Illinois, Texas and Massachusetts.
Stigmella tiliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio and Kentucky in the United States.
Stigmella quercipulchella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ontario.
Stigmella altella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio and Maine in the United States.
Stigmella argentifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois.
Stigmella belfrageella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae which is endemic to Texas.
Stigmella amelanchierella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. This species was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1862 from mines on Amelanchier species found in June and July. This original (type) material was not preserved and there are no known bred specimens.
