@article {8225, title = {Phylotranscriptomics resolves ancient divergences in the Lepidoptera}, journal = {Systematic EntomologySystematic Entomology}, volume = {Early View}, year = {2016}, edition = {2016-11-23}, abstract = {

Classic morphological studies of the oldest, so-called nonditrysian lineages of Lepidoptera yielded a well-resolved phylogeny, supported by the stepwise origin of the traits characterizing the clade Ditrysia, which contains over 98\% of extant lepidopterans. Subsequent polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular studies have robustly supported many aspects of the morphological hypothesis and strongly contradicted others, while leaving some relationships unsettled. Here we bring the greatly expanded gene sampling of RNA-Seq to bear on nonditrysian phylogeny, especially those aspects that were not conclusively resolved by the combination of morphology and previous PCR-based multi-gene studies. We analysed up to 2212 genes in each of 28 species representing all 12 superfamilies and 15 of 21 families of nonditrysians, plus trichopteran outgroups and representative Ditrysia. Our maximum likelihood phylogeny estimates used both nonsynonymous changes only (degen1 coding) and all nucleotides (nt123) partitioned by codon position, recovering a novel hypothesis for early glossatan relationships that is the most strongly supported to date. We find strong support for Micropterigidae alone as the sister group to all other Lepidoptera, in agreement with morphology and early molecular evidence, but in contrast to recent PCR-based studies. Also very strongly supported are the previously recognized clades Angiospermivora, Heteroneura, Eulepidoptera and Euheteroneura. Finally, we find strong support for paraphyly of the southern hemisphere family Palaephatidae, with the South American genus Palaephatus Butler forming the previously undetermined sister group to Ditrysia. The remaining palaephatids, Australian and South American, form the sister group to Tischeriidae.

}, keywords = {Enteucha acetosae, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, Nepticuloidea, Non-Ditrysia, Opostegidae, phylogeny, Pseudopostega quadristrigella, Transcriptomes}, doi = {10.1111/syen.12217}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12217/full}, author = {Bazinet, Adam L. and Mitter, Kim T. and Davis, Donald R. and Nieukerken, Erik J. van and Cummings, Michael P. and Mitter, Charles} } @article {8188, title = {An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = { 3286}, year = {2012}, month = {2012-04-30}, pages = { 1{\textendash}132}, abstract = {

In this catalog, we attempt to assemble all fossil records of Lepidoptera described formally or informally in the world literature. A total of 667 records dealing with at least 4,568 specimens have been compiled. They include descriptions of 131 fossil genera and 229 fossil species, as well as 72 extant genera and 21 extant species to which some of these fossils supposedly belong or show superficial similarity. Replacement names of two fossil genera are proposed to avoid homonymy: Baltopsyche Sohn, gen. nov. for PalaeopsycheSobczyk and Kobbert, 2009 and Netoxena Sohn, gen. nov. for Xena Martins-Neto, 1999. New generic combinations are proposed for: Tortrix ? destructus Cockerell, 1916, Tortrixflorissantanus Cockerell, 1907, and To r t r i x sp. sensu Gravenhorst (1835), all three to Tortricites Kozlov, 1988; Pterophorus oligocenicus Bigot, Nel and Nel, 1986, to MerrifieldiaTutt, 1905; Aporia sp. sensu Branscheid (1969) to Pierites Heer, 1849; Noctua spp. sensu Hope (1836) and Lomnicki (1894), both to Noctuites Heer, 1849. Eleven names improperly proposed for lepidopteran fossils are invalidated: Baltonides roeselliformis Skalski in Kosmowska-Ceranowicz and Popiolek, 1981; Baltodines Kupryjanowicz, 2001; Barbarothea Scudder, 1890; Lepidopterites Piton, 1936; Palaeozygaena Reiss, 1936; Psamateia calipsa Martins-Neto, 2002; Saxibatinca meyi Skalski in Kristensen and Skalski, 1998; Spatalistiforma submerga Skalski, 1976; Thanatites juvenalis Scudder, 1875; Tortricibaltia diakonoffi Skalski, 1976; and Zygaenites Reiss, 1936. An unnecessary subsequent type designation for Pierites Heer, 1849, is discussed. A total of 129 records include lepidopteran foss ils which cannot be placed in any taxonomic rank. There also exist at least 25 fossil records which lack any evidence of the supposed lepidopteran association. Misidentified specimens, including 18 fossil genera, 29 fossil species and 12 unnamed fossils, are excluded from Lepidoptera. All the known lepidopteran fossils are annotated by fossil type, specimen deposition, excavation locality, association with plants when present, and geological age. A bibliographic list of lepidopteran fossils is provided.

}, keywords = {fossil, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, Stigmellites araliae, Stigmellites balticus, Stigmellites carpiniorientalis, Stigmellites centennis, Stigmellites fossilis, Stigmellites gossi, Stigmellites heringi, Stigmellites kzyldzharicus, Stigmellites messelensis, Stigmellites pliotityrellus, Stigmellites samsonovi, Stigmellites serpentina, Stigmellites sharovi, Stigmellites tyshchenkoi, Stigmellites zelkovae}, isbn = {1175-5334}, author = {Sohn, Jae-Cheon and Labandeira, Conrad C. and Davis, Donald R. and Mitter, Charles} } @article {8191, title = {Kosta Rikos (Centrine Amerika) biologine ivairove: mokslo faktai ar artefaktai? High biodiversity in Costa Rica (Central America): facts or artifacts?}, journal = {Lietuvos Biologine Ivairove: Bukle, Struktura, Apsauga}, volume = {3}, year = {2008}, pages = {99-106}, keywords = {Lepidoptera, Lithuania, Neosopostega, Opostegidae, Pseudopostega}, isbn = {1822-2781}, url = {http://www.biotaxonomy.eu/files/Publikacijos/136_\%20Stigmella\%20sakhalinella\%2052_57\%20pp.pdf}, author = {Stonis, Jonas Rimantas and Davis, Donald R. and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas} } @article {8192, title = {The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4136}, number = {1}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-07-05}, pages = {101-128}, edition = {2016-07-05}, abstract = {

We record the first Nepticulidae species found to feed on Baccharis L. (Asteraceae). Despite the high species richness of Baccharis in the Western Hemisphere, no nepticulid has ever been recorded feeding on Baccharis. In this paper we describe six new Stigmella Schrank species feeding on Baccharis: S. emarginatae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. bipartita Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. tripartita Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. latifoliae Remeikis, Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. baccharicola Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., and S. confertae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov. The remaining two taxa are left unnamed. All taxa are illustrated with photographs of adults, their genitalia, and their leaf-mines. Additionally, leaf-mines on Baccharis salicifolia are documented.

}, keywords = {Asteraceae, Baccharis, Colombia, Ecuador, leaf-mines, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, New species, South America, Stigmella baccharicola, Stigmella bipartita, Stigmella confertae, Stigmella emarginatae, Stigmella latifoliae, Stigmella tripartita}, isbn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4136.1.4}, author = {Stonis, Jonas R and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Remeikis, Andrius and Davis, Donald R. and Solis, M. Alma and Torres, Nixon Cumbicus} } @article {8172, title = {Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {628}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-10-31}, pages = {65{\textendash}246}, abstract = {

A catalogue of all named Nepticulidae and Opostegidae is presented, including fossil species. The catalogue is simultaneously published online in the scratchpad http://nepticuloidea.info/ and in Catalogue of Life (http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/database/id/172). We provide a historical overview of taxonomic research on Nepticuloidea and a brief \‘state of the art\’. A DNA barcode dataset with 3205 barcodes is made public at the same time, providing DNA barcodes of ca. 779 species, of which 2563 are identified as belonging to 444 validly published species. We recognise 862 extant and 18 fossil species of Nepticulidae in 22 extant genera and the fossil form genus Stigmellites. We count 192 valid Opostegidae species in 7 genera, without fossils. We also list seven dubious Nepticulidae names that cannot be placed due to absent type material and poor descriptions, 18 unavailable names in Nepticulidae that cannot be placed and we also list the 33 names (including four fossils) that once were placed as Nepticulidae or Opostegidae but are now excluded. All synonyms and previous combinations are listed. The generic classification follows the Molecular phylogeny that is published almost simultaneously. Subfamilies and tribes are not recognised, Trifurculinae Scoble, 1983 is synonymised with Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854 and Opostegoidinae Kozlov, 1987 is synonymised with Opostegidae Meyrick, 1893. The status of Casanovula Hoare, 2013, Etainia Beirne, 1945, Fomoria Beirne, 1945, Glaucolepis Braun, 1917, Menurella Hoare, 2013, Muhabbetana Ko\çak \& Kemal, 2007 and Zimmermannia Hering, 1940 is changed from subgenus to full genus, whereas two genera are considered synonyms again: Manoneura Davis, 1979, a synonym of Enteucha Meyrick, 1915 and Levarchama Beirne, 1945, a synonym of Trifurcula Zeller, 1848. We propose 87 new combinations in Nepticulidae and 10 in Opostegidae, largely due to the new classification, and re-examination of some species. We propose the following 37 new synonymies for species (35 in Nepticulidae, 2 in Opostegidae):

Stigmella acerifoliella Dovnar-Zapolski, 1969 (unavailable, = S. acerna Puplesis, 1988), Stigmella nakamurai Kemperman \& Wilkinson, 1985 (= S. palionisi Puplesis, 1984), Nepticula amseli Skala, 1941 (unavailable = S. birgittae Gustafsson, 1985), Stigmella cathepostis Kemperman \& Wilkinson, 1985 (= S. microtheriella (Stainton, 1854)), Stigmella populnea Kemperman \& Wilkinson, 1985 (= S. nivenburgensis (Preissecker, 1942)), Nepticula obscurella Braun, 1912 (revised synonymy, = S. myricafoliella (Busck, 1900)), Nepticula mandingella Gustafsson, 1972 (= S. wollofella Gustafsson, 1972), Stigmella rosaefoliella pectocatena Wilkinson \& Scoble, 1979 (= S. centifoliella (Zeller, 1848)), Micropteryx pomivorella Packard, 1870 (= S. oxyacanthella (Stainton, 1854)), Stigmella crataegivora Puplesis, 1985 (= S. micromelis Puplesis, 1985), Stigmella scinanella Wilkinson \& Scoble, 1979 (= S. purpuratella (Braun, 1917)), Stigmella palmatae Puplesis, 1984 (= S. filipendulae (Wocke, 1871)), Stigmella sesplicata Kemperman \& Wilkinson, 1985 (= S. lediella (Schleich, 1867)), Stigmella rhododendrifolia Dovnar-Zapolski \& Tomilova, 1978 (unavailable, = S. lediella (Schleich, 1867)), Stigmella oa Kemperman \& Wilkinson, 1985 (= S. spiculifera Kemperman \& Wilkinson, 1985), Stigmella gracilipae Hirano, 2014 (= S. monticulella Puplesis, 1984), Nepticula chaoniella Herrich-Sch\äffer, 1863 (= S. samiatella (Zeller, 1839)), Bohemannia piotra Puplesis, 1984 (= B. pulverosella (Stainton, 1849)), Bohemannia nipponicella Hirano, 2010 (= B. manschurella Puplesis, 1984), Sinopticula sinica Yang, 1989 (= Glaucolepis oishiella (Matsumura, 1931)), Trifurcula collinella Nel, 2012 (= Glaucolepis magna (A. La\štuvka \& Z. La\štuvka, 1997)), Obrussa tigrinella Puplesis, 1985 (= Etainia trifasciata (Matsumura, 1931)), Microcalyptris vittatus Puplesis, 1984 and M. arenosus Falkovitsh, 1986 (both = Acalyptris falkovitshi (Puplesis, 1984)), Ectoedemia castaneae Busck, 1913, E. heinrichi Busck, 1914 and E. helenella Wilkinson, 1981 (all three = Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878)), Ectoedemia chloranthis Meyrick, 1928 and E. acanthella Wilkinson \& Newton, 1981 (both = Zimmermannia grandisella (Chambers, 1880)), Ectoedemia coruscella Wilkinson, 1981 (= Zimmermannia mesoloba (Davis, 1978)), Ectoedemia piperella Wilkinson \& Newton, 1981 and E. reneella Wilkinson, 1981 (both =Zimmermannia obrutella (Zeller, 1873)), Ectoedemia similigena Puplesis, 1994 (= E. turbidella (Zeller, 1848)), Ectoedemia andrella Wilkinson, 1981 (= E. ulmella (Braun, 1912)), Nepticula canadensis Braun, 1917 (= E. minimella (Zetterstedt, 1839)), Opostega rezniki Kozlov, 1985 (= O. cretatella Chr\étien, 1915), Pseudopostega cyrneochalcopepla Nel \& Varenne, 2012 (= P. chalcopepla (Walsingham, 1908)). Stigmella caryaefoliella (Clemens, 1861) and Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878) are taken out of synonymy and re-instated as full species. Lectotypes are designated for Trifurcula obrutella Zeller, 1873 and Nepticula grandisella Chambers, 1880.

}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.628.9799}, url = {http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9799}, author = {Nieukerken, Erik J. van and Doorenweerd, Camiel and Hoare, Robert J. B. and Davis, Donald R.} } @article {7951, title = {Contribution to the Opostegidae fauna of Central America, with an updated checklist and description of new species from Costa Rica and Mexico (Insecta: Lepidoptera)}, journal = {Acta Zoologica Lituanica}, volume = {19}, number = {4}, year = {2009}, pages = {268-277}, abstract = {

In this paper, we report the results of recent fieldwork on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica andMexico, i.e., in the areas unrepresented in the material used in the most recent review of Opostegidae.From these new collections, we describe three new species: Pseudopostega robusta Remeikis \& Stonis,sp. n. (Costa Rica), P. mexicana Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. n. (Mexico) and P. latiplana Remeikis \&Stonis, sp. n. (Mexico). Illustrations of adults and male genitalia of all new species are provided togetherwith a distribution map. An updated checklist of all currently known 40 species of Central AmericanOpostegidae is given, with data on taxa distribution outside the region.

}, keywords = {Costa Rica, Lepidoptera, Mexico, New species, Opostegidae, Pseudopostega latiplana, Pseudopostega mexicana, Pseudopostega robusta}, doi = {DOI: 10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0}, author = {Remeikis, Andrius and Stonis, Jonas R and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Davis, Donald R.} } @article {7922, title = {A new Neopostega from Guatemala (Lepidoptera: Opostegidae)}, journal = {Lepidoptera NovaeLepidoptera Novae}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, year = {2009}, pages = {31-34}, abstract = {Neopostega nigrita Heppner \& Davis, new species}, keywords = {Guatemala, Lepidoptera, Neopostega nigrita, Neotropic, Opostegidae}, author = {Heppner, John B. and Davis, Donald R.} } @article {7909, title = {A revision of the New World plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)}, journal = {Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology}, volume = {625}, year = {2007}, month = {2007-09-06}, pages = {i-v, 1-212}, abstract = {

The systematics, morphology, and distributions are summarized for the 91 species and 2 subspecies of New World Opostegidae. A phylogenetic analysis using the \“parsimony rachet\” in Winclada and based on 34 morphological characters for the seven currently recognized world genera indicates the monotypic Chilean genus, Notiopostega, to be the basal taxon. Monophyly of the Nepticuloidea (Nepticulidae + Opostegidae) is well supported by nine morphological synapomorphies. Several synapomorphies distinguish the Opostegidae from all other Lepidoptera. Principal among these are the presence of a single, spinose seta on the larval mandible, adult wing venation extremely reduced with all veins unbranched, frenulum lost in both sexes, antennal flagellomeres each typically with 3 sets of ascoid sensillae, and a pedunculate, typically elliptical, cucullar lobe bearing a well-developed pectinifer on the valva of the male genitalia. Larval biologies of only two New World species are known. Larvae of both species mine primarily the cambium layer in woody plant stems. Results from light trap sampling at the La Selva Biological Station in Heredia Province, Costa Rica, indicated that adult Opostegidae were much more abundant in canopy habitats compared with near-ground level. Four genera (Neopostega new genus, 5 species; Notiopostega Davis, 1 species; Opostegoides Kozlov, 1 species; and Pseudopostega Kozlov, 84 species and 2 subspecies) are recognized for the New World. One genus (Neopostega) and the following 68 species and 2 subspecies are described as new:Neopostega asymmetra, Neopostega distola, Neopostega falcata, Neopostega longispina, Neopostega petila, Pseudopostega acrodicra, Pseudopostega acuminate, Pseudopostega apotoma, Pseudopostega attenuate, Pseudopostega beckeri, Pseudopostega bicornuta, Pseudopostega bidorsalis, Pseudopostega brachybasis, Pseudopostega breviapicula, Pseudopostega brevifurcata, Pseudopostega brevivalva, Pseudopostega caulifurcata, Pseudopostega clavata, Pseudopostega colognatha, Pseudopostega concave, Pseudopostega conicula, Pseudopostega constricta, Pseudopostega contigua, Pseudopostega crassifurcata, Pseudopostega curtarama, Pseudopostega denticulate, Pseudopostega didyma, Pseudopostega diskusi, Pseudopostega divaricata, Pseudopostega dorsalis dorsalis, Pseudopostega dorsalis fasciata, Pseudopostega duplicate, Pseudopostega ecuadoriana, Pseudopostega ferruginea, Pseudopostega floridensis, Pseudopostega fumida, Pseudopostega galapagosae, Pseudopostega gracilis, Pseudopostega lateriplicata, Pseudopostega latiapicula, Pseudopostega latifurcata latifurcata, Pseudopostega latifurcata apoclina, Pseudopostega latisaccula, Pseudopostega lobata, Pseudopostega longifurcata, Pseudopostega longipedicella, Pseudopostega microacris, Pseudopostega mignonae, Pseudopostega monstruosa, Pseudopostega obtuse, Pseudopostega ovatula, Pseudopostega parakempella, Pseudopostega paraplicatella, Pseudopostega plicatella, Pseudopostega resimafurcata, Pseudopostega rotunda, Pseudopostega sectila, Pseudopostega serrata, Pseudopostega spatulata, Pseudopostega sublobata, Pseudopostega subtila, Pseudopostega suffuscula, Pseudopostega tanygnatha, Pseudopostega tenuifurcata, Pseudopostega texana, Pseudopostega triangularis, Pseudopostega truncate, Pseudopostega tucumanae, Pseudopostega turquinoensis, Pseudopostega uncinata

}, keywords = {Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Lepidoptera, Mexico, Nearctic, Neopostega, Neopostega asymmetra, Neopostega distola, Neopostega falcata, Neopostega longispina, Neopostega petila, Neotropic, Notiopostega atrata, Opostegidae, Opostegoides scioterma, Pseudopostega abrubta, Pseudopostega acidata, Pseudopostega acrodicra, Pseudopostega acuminate, Pseudopostega adusta, Pseudopostega albogaleriella, Pseudopostega apoclina, Pseudopostega apotoma, Pseudopostega attenuate, Pseudopostega beckeri, Pseudopostega bicornuta, Pseudopostega bidorsalis, Pseudopostega brachybasis, Pseudopostega breviapicula, Pseudopostega brevifurcata, Pseudopostega brevivalva, Pseudopostega caulifurcata, Pseudopostega clavata, Pseudopostega colognatha, Pseudopostega concave, Pseudopostega congruens, Pseudopostega conicula, Pseudopostega constricta, Pseudopostega contigua, Pseudopostega crassifurcata, Pseudopostega cretea, Pseudopostega curtarama, Pseudopostega denticulate, Pseudopostega didyma, Pseudopostega diskusi, Pseudopostega divaricata, Pseudopostega dorsalis, Pseudopostega dorsalis dorsalis, Pseudopostega dorsalis fasciata, Pseudopostega duplicate, Pseudopostega ecuadoriana, Pseudopostega elachista, Pseudopostega fasciata, Pseudopostega ferruginea, Pseudopostega floridensis, Pseudopostega fumida, Pseudopostega galapagosae, Pseudopostega gracilis, Pseudopostega kempella, Pseudopostega lateriplicata, Pseudopostega latiapicula, Pseudopostega latifurcata, Pseudopostega latifurcata apoclina, Pseudopostega latifurcata latifurcata, Pseudopostega latisaccula, Pseudopostega lobata, Pseudopostega longifurcata, Pseudopostega longipedicella, Pseudopostega microacris, Pseudopostega microlepta, Pseudopostega mignonae, Pseudopostega monosperma, Pseudopostega monstruosa, Pseudopostega obtuse, Pseudopostega ovatula, Pseudopostega parakempella, Pseudopostega paraplicatella, Pseudopostega paromias, Pseudopostega perdigna, Pseudopostega pexa, Pseudopostega plicatella, Pseudopostega pontifex, Pseudopostega protomochla, Pseudopostega pumila, Pseudopostega quadristrigella, Pseudopostega resimafurcata, Pseudopostega rotunda, Pseudopostega sacculata, Pseudopostega saltatrix, Pseudopostega sectila, Pseudopostega serrata, Pseudopostega spatulata, Pseudopostega sublobata, Pseudopostega subtila, Pseudopostega suffuscula, Pseudopostega tanygnatha, Pseudopostega tenuifurcata, Pseudopostega texana, Pseudopostega triangularis, Pseudopostega trinidadensis, Pseudopostega truncate, Pseudopostega tucumanae, Pseudopostega turquinoensis, Pseudopostega uncinata, Pseudopostega venticola, USA}, url = {https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/7184}, author = {Davis, Donald R. and Stonis, Jonas R.} } @inbook {7678, title = {The monotrysian Heteroneura}, booktitle = {Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1. Evolution, systematics and biogeography}, series = {Handbuch der Zoologie/ Handbook of Zoology}, volume = {4}, number = {35}, year = {1998}, note = {Published late December 1998, not 1999 as printed (pers. comm. N. Kristensen)}, month = {1998-12}, pages = {65-90}, publisher = {De Gruyter}, organization = {De Gruyter}, address = {Berlin, New York}, keywords = {Adelidae, Cecidosidae, Crinopterygidae, Ectoedemia sericopeza, heliozelidae, Incurvariidae, Incurvarioidea, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, Notiopostega atrata, Opostega spatulella, Opostegidae, Opostegoides gephyraea, Palaephatidae, Pectinivalva, phylogeny, Prodoxidae, Stigmella malella, Systematics, Tischeriidae}, author = {Davis, Donald R.}, editor = {Kristensen, Niels P.} } @article {7649, title = {Ten new species from the Patagonian Andes (Argentina and Chile), mostly belonging to a newly designated Stigmella purpurimaculae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3887}, number = {3}, year = {2014}, month = {2014-11-25}, pages = {321-353}, edition = {2014-11-25}, abstract = {

Ten new Stigmella Schrank species are described: Stigmella purpurimaculae Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov . , S. cana Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. truncata Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. sceptra Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. concreta Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. pseudoconcreta Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. quadrata Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov. (all belonging to the newly designated S. purpurimaculae group), and S. semilactea Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. brutea Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. pseudodigitata Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov. (not attributed to a species group) are described from the Andes (Patagonia: Argentina and Chile). For the species of the purpurimaculae group, a partial reduction of phallus, dentate cornuti, and strong development of utriculus (which can be equal or longer of the corpus bursae) are characteristic. Some of the species of the purpurimaculae group were collected near Nothofagus pumilio (Poepp. \& Endl.) Krasser, Nothofagaceae, but there is still no confirmation that Nothofagus is a host-plant. All new Stigmella species are illustrated with photographs and drawings of the adults and genitalia.

}, keywords = {Andes, Argentina, Chile, New species, Nothofagus, Patagonia, Stigmella, Stigmella brutea, Stigmella cana, Stigmella concreta, Stigmella pseudoconcreta, Stigmella pseudodigitata, Stigmella purpurimaculae, Stigmella purpurimaculae group, Stigmella quadrata, Stigmella sceptra, Stigmella semilactea, Stigmella truncata}, isbn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.3}, author = {Stonis, Jonas R. and Remeikis, Andrius and Davis, Donald R.} } @proceedings {7590, title = {The first photographic documentation and new data on Enteucha guajavae (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), a pest of guava from equatorial America}, year = {2014}, pages = {65-74}, publisher = {Edukologija Publishers}, address = {Vilnius}, abstract = {Pygmy moths (Nepticulidae) are economically important because these insects are often recognized as pestsor potential pests (dozens of species have been listed as pests of cultivated plants, see Kuznetzov \& Puplesis,1994). This article deals with a previously poorly known leaf-miner of Enteucha Meyrick, a pest of guava.The common guava (Psidium guajava, Myrtaceae) (or guayaba in Spanish) is one of the most popularfruit trees (particularly in Latin America). The guava is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropicalregions around the world, although it is native to the Neotropics (Central America and probably morewidespread). It is an evergreen small tree or shrub, which florishes in a moist tropical environment but cantolerate drought conditions.The small genus Enteucha, belonging to the plant-mining (predominantly leaf-mining) family Nepticulidae,includes several described species, the majority of which are known from the Neotropics: E. cyanochloraMeyrick, 1915; E. gilvafascia (Davis, 1978); E. hilli Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000; E. contracoloreaPuplesis \& Robinson, 2000; E. terricula Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000; E. snaddoni Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000;E. acuta Puplesis \& Di{\v s}kus, 2002; and E. guajavae Puplesis \& Di{\v s}kus, 2002 (Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000;Puplesis et al., 2002b). Although the biology and host-plants of most of the species are still unknown, thelatter species {\textendash} E. guajavae {\textendash} was described from reared material as a monophagous leaf-miner on Psidiumguajava (Puplesis et al., 2002a). To date this is only guava-feeding species among Nepticulidae; however,after the species first discovery in 2001, no more data on E. guajavae have been published or collected. Ourrecent searches for plant-mining larvae on Psidium guajava in Bucay (a type locality of E. guajavae) andother localities of central Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico have brought no results (except fora few empty old leaf-mines observed at the type locality in March{\textendash}April 2005 and 2007). This could bebecause our searches were either too sporadic (seldom and unfocused) , or because of the restricted distributionsof the species.A recent business trip to La Universidad T{\'e}cnica Particular de Loja (southern Ecuador), undertaken inFebruary 2014 by the first two authors, has resulted in the rediscovery of E. guajavae and revealed new dataon the species biology, distribution and female morphology.In the original description of the species (see Puplesis et al., 2002a), the ink drawings of the genitaliaare quite accurate but they did not show all details of the female genitalia or leaf-mines. Here, on the basisof new material, we present a re-description of E. guajavae, with the first photographic documentation ofthe leaf-mines, adults, and genitalia.}, keywords = {Ecuador, Enteucha guajavae, host plant, Lepidoptera, Myrtaceae, Nepticulidae}, author = {Remeikis, Andrius and Stonis, Jonas Rimantas and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Davis, Donald R.}, editor = {Stonis, Jonas Rimantas} }