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, the Hazel leaf miner moth, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is 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 atricapitella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Scandinavia to Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, Greece and Ukraine. It is also present in the Near East. It also occurs on Madeira, where it is most likely an introduced species.
Stigmella suberivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in the western Mediterranean region, where it is found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the Adriatic coast in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. It is also found in North Africa, including Algeria and Tunisia. It is an introduced and established species in southern England. Records of leafmines in Mallorca are probably also this species.
Stigmella ilicifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in Portugal and Spain. In France, it is known from old specimens along the Atlantic coast near Bordeaux and in the Hérault and the Côte d’Azur near Cannes.
Stigmella svenssoni is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread, but localised in the northern half of Europe, with records from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and France. There are two isolated records from northern Italy and northern Greece. Only leafmines are recorded from Ireland.
Stigmella roborella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found throughout Europe and in south-west Asia. In Europe, it has been recorded from nearly every country, except Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ireland, Moldova, Portugal, Romania and Yugoslavia. It has recently been recorded from Georgia, Macedonia and Turkey.
Stigmella floslactella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.
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.
Acalyptris paradividua is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known only from the Pacific Coast of Mexico in the Oaxaca region.
Acalyptris lascuevella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is probably widely distributed in subtropical and tropical regions of Central America. Currently, it is known from Belize and Mexico. The habitat consists of secondary and tropical forests.
Acalyptris terrificus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known only from the Pacific Coast of Mexico in the Oaxaca region.
Stigmella quercipulchella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ontario.
Stigmella laquaeorum is a species of moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has only been found on Snares Islands / Tini Heke. The egg is laid on the underside leaf. Larvae are leaf miners. There may be up to 20 mines per leaf. Larvae are present in all months. The cocoon is attached to fallen large debris or trunk bases. Adults have been recorded on the wing from late November to February. They are diurnal, flying only in the morning. This species is classified as "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" by the Department of Conservation.
Stigmella propalaea is a species of moth of the family Nepticulidae. This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. It is endemic to New Zealand and has only been observed at Arthur's Pass. The larvae of this species are leaf miners. Adults are on the wing in January. This species is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.
Stigmella allophylica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa.
Stigmella celtifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Vári in 1955. It is found in South Africa.
Stigmella maya is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Yucatán Peninsula of southeastern Mexico.
