TY - JOUR T1 - The Ando-Patagonian Stigmella magnispinella group (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) with description of new species from Ecuador, Peru and Argentina JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.4.7 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R. A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Gerulaitis, Virginijus SP - 561 EP - 579 KW - Andes KW - Argentina KW - Ecuador KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Peru KW - Stigmella dolia KW - Stigmella magnispinella KW - Stigmella magnispinella group KW - Stigmella olekarsholti KW - Stigmella patagonica KW - Stigmella varispinella AB -

On the basis of morphological studies of collection samples from the Andes (Ecuador, Peru and Argentina), we describe five new species of Stigmella Schrank (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): S. varispinella Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (Ecuador), S. olekarsholti Remeikis Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., S. magnispinella Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (Peru), S. dolia Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., and S. patagonica Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (Argentina). All treated taxa belong to the newly designated S. magnispinella group. Images of adults and genitalia, pictorial keys, a distribution map , and photographs of the leaf-mines of S. olekarsholti are included.  

VL - 4200 SN - 1175-5334 UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4200.4.7 JO - Zootaxa ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from record high altitudes: documenting an entire new fauna in the Andean páramo and puna JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4181.1.1 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Gerulaitis, Virginijus A1 - Karsholt, Ole SP - 1 EP - 94 KW - Andes KW - Ecuador KW - Glaucolepis aerifica KW - hostplants KW - Leafminers KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Peru KW - Stigmella KW - Stigmella ageratinae KW - Stigmella alticosma KW - Stigmella altimontana KW - Stigmella altiplanica KW - Stigmella ampla KW - Stigmella andina KW - Stigmella angusta KW - Stigmella auriargentata KW - Stigmella calceolariae KW - Stigmella calceolarifoliae KW - Stigmella clinopodiella KW - Stigmella confertae KW - Stigmella evanida KW - Stigmella gynoxyphaga KW - Stigmella imperatoria KW - Stigmella kristenseni KW - Stigmella lachemillae KW - Stigmella lobata KW - Stigmella marmorea KW - Stigmella mustelina KW - Stigmella nivea KW - Stigmella pandora KW - Stigmella paramica KW - Stigmella pseudorobusta KW - Stigmella rigida KW - Stigmella robusta KW - Stigmella schoorli KW - Stigmella tripartita AB -

The monograph treats 29 species of leaf-mining pygmy moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) discovered in the northern Andean bush and grass páramo and the central Andean puna at altitudes above 3700 m. They represent the world’s highest-altitudinal Nepticulidae fauna known. The height record belongs to Stigmella nivea sp. nov. from Peru collected at an elevation of 4700 m. Except for one species, all belong to Stigmella Schrank. Twenty-two of the species recorded are new and are named and described in the current paper: Stigmella paramica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. lachemillae Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. gynoxyphaga Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. calceolariae Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. rigida Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. robusta Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. pseudorobusta Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. auriargentata Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. altimontana Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. pandora Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. ampla Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. evanida Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. mustelina Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. angusta Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. alticosma Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. nivea Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. kristenseni Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. lobata Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. ageratinae Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. clinopodiella Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; and S. calceolarifoliae Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. Some of these species are leaf-miners on Asteraceae (Pentacalia, Baccharis, Gynoxys, and Ageratina plants), Calceolariaceae (Calceolaria), Lamiaceae (Clinopodium), and Rosaceae (Lachemilla).Twenty species are known only from adults with no data on their biology and host-plants. In addition, we present data and discuss recently discovered nepticulid taxa associated with Polylepis forests that is the natural vegetation in much of the High Andes. All High-Andean Stigmella species treated are illustrated with photographs of the adults and genitalia, distribution maps, including some with photographs of the leaf-mines and habitats.

VL - 4181 SN - 1175-5334 UR - http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4181.1.1 IS - 1 JO - Leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from record high altitudes: documenting an entire new fauna in the Andean páramo and puna ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A review and check list of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) JF - Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London. EntomologyBulletin of the Natural History Museum London. Entomology Y1 - 2002 A1 - Puplesis, Rimantas A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Robinson, Gaden S. A1 - Onore, Giovanni SP - 59 EP - 76 KW - Acalyptris latipennata KW - Acalyptris latipennata group KW - checklist KW - Ectoedemia fuscivittata KW - Ecuador KW - Enteucha basidactyla KW - Fomoria latipennata KW - Fomoria molybditis group KW - hostplant data KW - Lepidoptera KW - Manoneura basidactyla KW - Mexico KW - Neotropics KW - Nepticulidae KW - New record KW - Stigmella barbata group KW - Stigmella tiliella group KW - USA AB - Fieldwork in 2000-200 1 has added substantially to our knowledge of the Nepticulidae of the upper Amazon basin and the Andes and increased the number of species known from the Neotropical Region from 58 to 74. Two species - Manoneura basidactyla (Davis) and Ectoedemia fuscivittata Puplesis & Robinson -are recorded from equatorial America for the first time here and are redescribed, with amplified descriptions and illustrations. A revised checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae is given together with an updated distribution map for Central and Southern America. Fomoria latipennata Puplesis & Robinson is transferred to Acalyptris, comb. n. Four new species groups (Stigmella tiliella-group, S. barbata-group, Fomoria molybditis-group and Acalyptris latipennata-group) are defined. Hostplant data are reviewed and further hostplant genera from which mines or cocoons have been collected are noted. The diversity and distribution of the Neotropical Nepticulidae are discussed.SY: Acalyptris-latipennata ( Puplesis-and-Robinson-2000- ) ( Nepticulidae- ) : Comb-nov, Transferred-from-Fomoria, p.-66;Acalyptris-latipennata-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-66;Ectoedemia-fuscivittata-Pupleis-and-Robinson-2000 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Redescription-, P.-62;Fomoria-latipennata-Puplesis-and-Robinson-2000 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Referred-to, Acalyptris-, p.-66;Fomoria-molybditis-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-66;Manoneura-basidactyla ( Davis-1978 ) ( Nepticulidae- ) : Redescription-, P.-61;Stigmella-barbata-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-63;Stigmella-tiliella-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-63 VL - 71 U1 - evn JO - Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Ent.) ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Do leaf-mining Nepticulidae occur in the natural but so threatened Andean Polylepis forests? JF - Biologija Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.6001/biologija.v62i2.3334 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R. A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Karsholt, Ole SP - 83 EP - 97 KW - Conservation KW - Ecuador KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Peru KW - Rosaceae KW - Stigmella polylepiella AB -

Despite the  fact that Polylepis forests constitute the  natural but threatened vegetation in much of the  high Andes and are very important for their ecological functions, no leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea) associated with Polylepis Ruiz  &  Pav. as a  host-plant have been recorded previously. In this paper, for the first time, we report on four discoveries of Polylepis-feeding Nepticulidae species in Ecuador and Peru. From the high Andes of Peru, we describe a new species Stigmella polylepiella Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., whose larvae throughout all instars are leaf-miners in leaves of Polylepis racemosa Ruiz & Pav. and spin a unique shaped cocoon inside the leaf-mine. We also provide illustrations and short descriptions of male genitalia and leaf-mines of two other new Stigmella Schrank species, whose larvae are leaf-miners on Polylepis pauta Hieron. in Ecuador; these two taxa are documented but left unnamed because they are described from dissected developed pupae, not emerged adults. Additionally, we document leaf-mines of an unknown Nepticulidae taxon associated with Polylepis racemosa in the Peruvian Andes.

VL - 62 UR - http://lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/biologija/article/view/3334 IS - 2 JO - biologija ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Kosta Rikos (Centrinė Amerika) biologinė įvairovė: mokslo faktai ar artefaktai? High biodiversity in Costa Rica (Central America): facts or artifacts? JF - Lietuvos Biologinė Įvairovė: Būklė, Struktūra, Apsauga Y1 - 2008 A1 - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas A1 - Davis, Donald R. A1 - Diškus, Arūnas SP - 99 EP - 106 KW - Lepidoptera KW - Lithuania KW - Neosopostega KW - Opostegidae KW - Pseudopostega VL - 3 SN - 1822-2781 UR - http://www.biotaxonomy.eu/files/Publikacijos/136_%20Stigmella%20sakhalinella%2052_57%20pp.pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Davis, Donald R. A1 - Solis, M. Alma A1 - Torres, Nixon Cumbicus SP - 101 EP - 128 KW - Asteraceae KW - Baccharis KW - Colombia KW - Ecuador KW - leaf-mines KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - South America KW - Stigmella baccharicola KW - Stigmella bipartita KW - Stigmella confertae KW - Stigmella emarginatae KW - Stigmella latifoliae KW - Stigmella tripartita AB -

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 Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., S. bipartita Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., S. tripartita Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., S. latifoliae Remeikis, Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., S. baccharicola Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., and S. confertae Diškus & 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.

VL - 4136 SN - 1175-5334 UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4136.1.4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - ilkaviškio rajono mažųjų gaubtagalvių (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) fauna ir trofiniai ryšiai. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of Vilkaviškis district (Lithuania): fauna and trophic relationships JF - Lietuvos Biologinė Įvairovė: Būklė, Struktūra, Apsauga Y1 - 2008 A1 - Navickaite, Asta A1 - Diškus, Arūnas SP - 79 EP - 85 KW - Bohemannia pulverosella KW - Ectoedemia albifasciella KW - Ectoedemia arcuatella KW - Ectoedemia argyropeza KW - Ectoedemia atricollis KW - Ectoedemia intimella KW - Ectoedemia turbidella KW - Enteucha acetosae KW - Faunistics KW - Lepidoptera KW - Lithuania KW - Nepticulidae KW - Stigmella aceris KW - Stigmella alnetella KW - Stigmella anomalella KW - Stigmella assimilella KW - Stigmella basiguttella KW - Stigmella betulicola KW - Stigmella confusella KW - Stigmella continuella KW - Stigmella floslactella KW - Stigmella hybnerella KW - Stigmella incognitella KW - Stigmella lapponica KW - Stigmella lemniscella KW - Stigmella luteella KW - Stigmella magdalenae KW - Stigmella malella KW - Stigmella microtheriella KW - Stigmella minusculella KW - Stigmella nivenburgensis KW - Stigmella nylandriella KW - Stigmella obliquella KW - Stigmella oxyacanthella KW - Stigmella plagicolella KW - Stigmella prunetorum KW - Stigmella pyri KW - Stigmella roborella KW - Stigmella ruficapitella KW - Stigmella salicis KW - Stigmella splendidissimella KW - Stigmella tiliae VL - 3 SN - 1822-2781 UR - http://www.biotaxonomy.eu/files/Publikacijos/136_%20Stigmella%20sakhalinella%2052_57%20pp.pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pirmieji duomenys apie Akmenės rajono mažųjų gaubtagalvių (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) fauną ir įvairovę. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of Akmenė district (Lithuania): the first list of fauna and diversity JF - Lietuvos Biologinė Įvairovė: Būklė, Struktūra, Apsauga Y1 - 2008 A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Lensbergaitė, Kristina SP - 65 EP - 70 KW - Ectoedemia albifasciella KW - Ectoedemia arcuatella KW - Ectoedemia argyropeza KW - Ectoedemia septembrella KW - Faunistics KW - Lepidoptera KW - Lithuania KW - Nepticulidae KW - Stigmella aceris KW - Stigmella aeneofasciella KW - Stigmella anomalella KW - Stigmella assimilella KW - Stigmella betulicola KW - Stigmella catharticella KW - Stigmella confusella KW - Stigmella filipendulae KW - Stigmella floslactella KW - Stigmella glutinosae KW - Stigmella lapponica KW - Stigmella lemniscella KW - Stigmella magdalenae KW - Stigmella malella KW - Stigmella microtheriella KW - Stigmella minusculella KW - Stigmella nivenburgensis KW - Stigmella nylandriella KW - Stigmella obliquella KW - Stigmella oxyacanthella KW - Stigmella plagicolella KW - Stigmella pyri KW - Stigmella roborella KW - Stigmella ruficapitella KW - Stigmella salicis KW - Stigmella sorbi KW - Stigmella splendidissimella KW - Stigmella tiliae KW - Stigmella trimaculella VL - 3 SN - 1822-2781 UR - http://www.biotaxonomy.eu/files/Publikacijos/136_%20Stigmella%20sakhalinella%2052_57%20pp.pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Contribution to the Opostegidae fauna of Central America, with an updated checklist and description of new species from Costa Rica and Mexico (Insecta: Lepidoptera) JF - Acta Zoologica Lituanica Y1 - 2009 DO - DOI: 10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0 A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Davis, Donald R. SP - 268 EP - 277 KW - Costa Rica KW - Lepidoptera KW - Mexico KW - New species KW - Opostegidae KW - Pseudopostega latiplana KW - Pseudopostega mexicana KW - Pseudopostega robusta AB -

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.

VL - 19 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - First description of leaf-mining Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) feeding on the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae) JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.2 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Torres, Nixon Cumbicus SP - 119 EP - 130 KW - Asteraceae KW - Astrotischeria chilei KW - Chile KW - leaf-mines KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Podanthus KW - South America KW - Stigmella.podanthae AB -

Despite taxonomic and conservation interest in the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae: subfamily Asteroideae , tribe Heliantheae ), no Podanthus -feeding Nepticulidae or Tischeriidae have ever been recorded. Here, on the basis of material reared from Podanthus from central Mediterranean Chile, we present the description of Stigmella podanthae sp. nov. (Nepticulidae) and a re-description of Astrotischeria chilei Puplesis & Diškus, 2003. Females and host-plant of the latter species were previously unknown. Both treated species are illustrated with numerous photographs of the leaf-mines, adults of both sexes, and male and female genitalia.  

VL - 4061 SN - 1175-5334 UR - http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4061.2.2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum , Asteraceae JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2015 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.6 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius SP - 576 EP - 582 KW - Ecuador KW - leaf-mines KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Stigmella pangorica KW - Stigmella serpentina AB -

First Liabum Adans. (Asteraceae) feeding Nepticulidae are reported. Two new new species from the Andes (Ecuador) are described: Stigmella serpentina Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and S. pangorica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. The male genitalia of both species and the female genitalia, as well the leaf-mines of S. serpantina sp. nov. are illustrated.  

VL - 4040 SN - 1175-5334 JO - The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum , Asteraceae ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A puzzle regarding the Siberian Ectoedemia jacutica (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): re-examination and the first photographic documentation of the type series JF - Biologija Y1 - 2015 DO - 10.6001/biologija.v61i3-4.3203 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Navickaite, Asta A1 - Diškus, Arūnas SP - 116–122 KW - Ectoedemia agrimoniae KW - Ectoedemia jacutica KW - Ectoedemia spiraeae KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - Russia KW - Siberia AB - This article deals with Ectoedemia jacutica, a poorly known pygmy moth described by Puplesis from two specimens collected in Eastern Siberia, which later was synonymized with E. agrimoniae (Frey), and recently with E. spiraeae Gregor & Povolnỳ. In the present paper, the type-series of E. jacutica is re-examined and, for the first time, illustrated with photographs of the adults and male genitalia. On the basis of comparison of E. jacutica with E. agrimoniae and E. spiraeae, it is assumed that E. jacutica represents a separate species. VL - 61 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - An embarrassing situation requiring urgent action: Colombia, a country of extraordinary biodiversity, still counts only few species of Nepticuloidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) JF - Biologija Y1 - 2015 DO - 10.6001/biologija.v61i3-4.3204 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Navickaite, Asta A1 - Diškus, Arūnas SP - 123–129 KW - Colombia KW - Fomoria molybditis KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - Quercus KW - Stigmella humboldti KW - Stigmella johannis KW - Stigmella robleae AB - This paper summarizes the scant available data on Nepticuloidea (Nepticulidae and Opostegidae) from Colombia, and convenes systematists, particularly in Colombia, to study these peculiar tiny insects of great theoretical and practical importance. VL - 61 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New records of four rare species of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) discovered in western Lithuania JF - New and rare for Lithuania insect species. Records and descriptions Y1 - 2011 A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Navickaite, Asta A1 - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas SP - 57 EP - 60 KW - Ectoedemia minimella KW - Lepidoptera KW - Lithuania KW - Nepticulidae KW - records KW - Stigmella continuella KW - Stigmella hemargyrella KW - Stigmella tityrella AB - The recent fieldwork in Klaipėda district and Palanga town (2009–2010) has resulted in the discovery of four rare species that are new to this area (Stigmella tityrella, S. continuella, S. hemargyrella and Ectoedemia minimella). VL - 23 SN - ISSN 1648-8555 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Taxonomic checklist of Nepticulidae of Mexico, with the description of three new species from the Pacific Coast (Insecta, Lepidoptera) JF - Acta Zoologica Lituanica Y1 - 2009 DO - DOI: 10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0 A1 - Šimkevičiūtė, Agnė A1 - Stonis, Jonas R. A1 - Diškus, Arūnas SP - 268 EP - 277 KW - Acalyptris lascuevella KW - Acalyptris paradividua KW - Acalyptris terrificus KW - Lepidoptera KW - Mexico KW - Neotropic KW - Nepticulidae KW - New host-record KW - Stigmella plumosetaeella KW - Stigmella racemifera KW - Ulmaceae AB -

The study of the material collected along the Pacific Coast of Mexico in 2008 has resulted in the discovery of six new species of Nepticulidae. Three species are described and named Stigmella racemifera Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, sp. n., Acalyptris paradividua Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, sp. n. and A. terrificus Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, sp. n., and the other three species belonging to Stigmella and Acalyptris are documented, but not named pending the availability of additional material. The taxonomic checklist of the Mexican fauna of Nepticulidae is provided for the first time. Illustrations of adults and male genitalia of all species reported in the checklist are given together with a distribution map.

VL - 19 U1 - evn (pdf)online available ER - TY - Generic T1 - First discovery of leaf-mining Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) associated with the Chilean endemic genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant. T2 - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Y1 - 2014 A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas ED - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas SP - 30 EP - 31 KW - Asteraceae KW - Astrotischeria KW - Chile KW - Lepidoptera KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Stigmella KW - Tischeriidae AB - In total, 121 genera and 863 species of Asteraceae are native to Chile (Moreira-Muñoz & Muñoz-Schick,2007; Moreira-Muñoz, 2011). Podanthus Lag. is an endemic genus of Asteraceae (Asteroideae, Heliantheae)occurring in central Mediterranean Chile. No leaf-mining Nepticulidae or Tischeriidae have ever beenrecorded on Podanthus (Puplesis & Robinson, 2000; Stonis, 2014). Studies of reared material collected bythe first author from Chile (Region Metropolitana de Santiago, Rio Clarillo) resulted in the discovery ofone new species of Stigmella (Nepticulidae) and one previously poorly-known species Astrotischeria chileiPuplesis & Diškus, 2003 (Tischeriidae) (Fig. 1).The new nepticulid species belongs to the Stigmella salicis group and clearly differs from all other speciesof the group by shape and number of cornuti in the phallus. The new species is a leaf-miner on Podanthusovatifolius Lag. After the ‘Formula of Evaluation of Abundance and Occurrence of Leaf-miners’ (seeStonis et al., 2012: 52–54; Stonis et al., unpublished), the new leaf-miner on Podanthus ovatifolius is not rarein central Chile: limited in distribution but abundant (more than 20 leaf-mines recorded at a single site).In the original description of A. chilei (see Puplesis & Diškus, 2003) the ink drawings and photographsof the male genitalia are very accurate but neither females nor trophical relationships of the species wereknown or described. New material allowed a redescription of A. chilei, with the first photographic documentationof the leaf-mines and female genitalia (Stonis et al., in prep.). Astrotischeria chilei differs from allother known Astrotischeria in the dorsal lobe of the valva which is narrowed in distal half but in the ventralview always appears broad; the host-plant (Podanthus ovatifolius) also makes this species distinctive. Larvaemine leaves in April producing specific blotch mines. After the ‘Formula of Evaluation of Abundanceand Occurrence of Leaf-miners’ (Stonis et al., 2012; Stonis et al., unpublished), A. chilei is common in centralChile: limited in distribution, but extremely abundant mining.DiskusStonis2014 JF - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. PB - Edukologija Publishers CY - Vilnius ER - TY - Generic T1 - What is new and most interesting about the Nepticulidae of the Crimea and Lithuania T2 - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Y1 - 2014 A1 - Navickaite, Asta A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas ED - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas SP - 96 EP - 117 KW - Crimea KW - Lepidoptera KW - Lithuania KW - Nepticulidae KW - Ukraine AB - Due to the active destruction of landscapes as well as frequent fragmentation of habitats, global biodiversityis undergoing rapid decline. The increasing concern of the world’s scientific community about the biodiversitycrisis stimulated researchers to more actively inventorize the Earth’s main biomes (Stonis, 2010;Navickaitė et al., 2011b).The object of our research is one of the most primitive (and from this point of view, one of the mostinteresting) taxonomic groups of the Lepidoptera order (Nepticuloidea: Nepticulidae) comprising 850 speciesand 16 genera: Pectinivalva, Roscidotoga, Simplimorpha, Enteucha, Mononeura, Areticulata, Stigmella,Bohemannia, Ectoedemia, Fomoria, Acalyptris, Parafomoria, Trifurcula, Glaucolepis, Etainia and Varius(the classification of Nepticulidae follows Puplesis, 1994; Puplesis & Robinson, 2000, and Puplesis & Diškus,2003). The majority of these genera are widely distributed throughout many continents; they includethe world‘s smallest Microlepidoptera, which are characterized not only by their archaic morphology butalso, as plant-miners, are greatly specialized. One of the most prominent characteristics of Nepticulidae,their mining within the green tissue of plants, presents an issue which is interesting and important for ecology(Stonis, 2010; Diškus & Stonis, 2012). JF - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. PB - Edukologija Publishers CY - Vilnius ER - TY - Generic T1 - The first photographic documentation and new data on Enteucha guajavae (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), a pest of guava from equatorial America T2 - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Y1 - 2014 A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Davis, Donald R. ED - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas SP - 65 EP - 74 KW - Ecuador KW - Enteucha guajavae KW - host plant KW - Lepidoptera KW - Myrtaceae KW - Nepticulidae AB - 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 & Diškus, 2002; and E. guajavae Puplesis & Diškus, 2002 (Puplesis & Robinson, 2000;Puplesis et al., 2002b). Although the biology and host-plants of most of the species are still unknown, thelatter species – E. guajavae – 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–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 Técnica 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. JF - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. PB - Edukologija Publishers CY - Vilnius ER - TY - Generic T1 - Study methods of Nepticulidae: micro-mounts of genitalia structures T2 - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Y1 - 2014 A1 - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Navickaite, Asta ED - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas SP - 32 EP - 35 KW - Lepidoptera KW - Methods KW - Nepticulidae AB - In the studies on Lepidoptera, in particular Nepticulidae, description of external characters is often insufficientand mounts of genitalia have to be prepared. Nepticulidae species diagnostics most often relieson the characters of male (sometimes on the characters of female) genitalia (Fig. 2), which compared withother morphological structures are distinguished by high specificity (Puplesis & Robinson, 2000; Puplesis& Diškus, 2003). Reliable species identification and descriptions of Nepticulidae are impossible without theexamination of genital structures (Diškus & Stonis, 2012). It was noticed that the male genitalia charactersof Nepticulidae vary little and specific at the level of both species or higher taxonomic rank (Šimkevičiūtėet al., 2010; Navickaitė et al., 2011; Stonis et al., 2012b). The shape of valva, transtilla, vinculum, uncus, gnathos,phallus (especially including cornuti on vesica) are essential diagnostic characters of Nepticulidaespecies. JF - Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. PB - Edukologija Publishers CY - Vilnius ER - TY - JOUR T1 - An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2014 A1 - Navickaite, Asta A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Stonis, Jonas R SP - 151 EP - 202 KW - Stigmella confusella KW - Stigmella crataegella KW - Stigmella desperatella KW - Stigmella dorsiguttella KW - Stigmella floslactella KW - Stigmella freyella KW - Stigmella glutinosae KW - Stigmella hahniella KW - Stigmella hybnerella KW - Stigmella incognitella KW - Stigmella irregularis KW - Stigmella lemniscella KW - Stigmella malella KW - Stigmella microtheriella KW - Stigmella minusculella KW - Stigmella obliquella KW - Stigmella paliurella KW - Stigmella paradoxa KW - Stigmella perpygmaeella KW - Stigmella plagicolella KW - Stigmella prunetorum KW - Stigmella rhamnella KW - Stigmella roborella KW - Stigmella rolandi KW - Stigmella salicis KW - Stigmella samiatella KW - Stigmella splendidissimella KW - Stigmella thuringiaca KW - Stigmella tiliae KW - Stigmella tityrella KW - Stigmella torminalis KW - Stigmella trimaculella KW - Stigmella ulmiphaga KW - Stigmella ulmivora KW - Stigmella viscerella AB -

This updated checklist is intended to be a collaborative effort by a team of taxonomists to present a hitherto little known diversity of the Nepticulidae of the Crimea. A total of 64 species of Nepticulidae are listed. The following 26 species are recorded for the first time from the Crimea: Stigmella confusella (Wood & Walsingham, 1894), S. tiliae (Frey, 1856), S. microtheriella (Stainton, 1854), S. alnetella (Stainton, 1854), S. glutinosae (Stainton, 1858), S. desperatella (Frey, 1856), S. torminalis (Wood, 1890), S. crataegella (Klimesch, 1936), S. hahniella (Wörz, 1937), S. catharticella (Stainton, 1853), S. malella (Stainton, 1854), S. rhamnella (Herrich-Schäffter, 1860), S. ulmivora (Fologne, 1860), S. trimaculella (Haworth, 1828), S. obliquella (Heinemann, 1862), S. tityrella (Stainton, 1854), S. carpinella (Heinemann, 1862), S. lemniscella (Zeller, 1839), S. plagicolella (Stainton, 1854), S. samiatella (Zeller, 1939), Bohemannia pulverosella (Stainton, 1849), Ectoedemia mahalebella (Klimesch, 1936), Fomoria septembrella (Stainton, 1849), Trifurcula silviae van Nieukerken, 1990, T. macedonica Z. Laštůvka & A. Laštůvka, 1998, T. eurema (Tutt, 1899). One species, Ectoedemia spinosella (Joannis, 1908), is excluded here from the list of the Nepticulidae of the Crimea. Thirty-nine selected species are illustrated with photographs of the leaf-mines, and forty-five species with photographs of genitalia. 

VL - 3847 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Four new leaf-mining Acalyptris species from Guatemala and Belize, with new data on bionomics of Stigmella pruinosa (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2013 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.1 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Noreika, Remigijus A1 - Schuster, Jack SP - 101 EP - 117 KW - Acalyptris basicornis KW - Acalyptris caribbicus KW - Acalyptris peteni KW - Acalyptris statuarius KW - Guatemala KW - host plant KW - Malvaceae KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Stigmella pruinosa KW - Verbenaceae AB -

This paper describes four new species: Acalyptris basicornis Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., A. peteni Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. caribbicus Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (host-plant: Lantana involucrata L., Verbenaceae), and A. statuarius Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. Another species, Stigmella pruinosa Puplesis & Robinson, is re-described, with new distribution records in Guatemala and with the first documentation of leaf-mines on Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. (Malvaceae). All five species are illustrated with photographs of the leaf-mines, adults, and genitalia.

VL - 3737 UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3737.2.1 IS - 2 JO - Zootaxa ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Description of new species of oak leaf-miners (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), with notes on the species groups of Stigmella Schrank associated with Quercus as a host-plant JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2013 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.1 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Navickaite, Asta A1 - Rociene, Agne SP - 201 EP - 222 KW - China KW - Himalaya KW - India KW - Nepticulidae KW - New species KW - Quercus KW - Stigmella acuta KW - Stigmella cornuta AB -

Stigmella acuta Diškus, Navickaitė & Remeikis, sp. nov., a new species of oak-feeding leaf-miner belonging to the S. hemargyrellagroup, and S. cornuta Rocienė & Stonis, sp. nov., belonging to the newly designated S. cornuta group, aredescribed from Asia and, for the first time, the S. hemargyrella group is associated with Quercus as a host-plant. The newspecies are illustrated with photographs of the leaf mines, adults, and genitalia. Diagnostics and host-plant preferences ofseven Stigmella species groups associated with oaks (the S. caesurifasciella, S. saginella, S. quercipulchella, S. ruficapitella,S. castanopsiella, S. hemargyrella and S. cornuta groups) are discussed.

VL - 3737 UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3737.3.1 IS - 3 JO - Zootaxa ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Lietuvos endobiontiniai vabzdžiai: Nepticulidae faunos taksonominė,chorologinė ir trofinė charakteristika. Leaf-mining insects of Lithuania: The Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera): taxonomy, chorological composition and trophic relationships Y1 - 2012 A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Stonis, Jonas Rimantas KW - Bohemannia pulverosella KW - Ectoedemia albifasciella KW - Ectoedemia arcuatella KW - Ectoedemia argyropeza KW - Ectoedemia atricollis KW - Ectoedemia atrifrontella KW - Ectoedemia hannoverella KW - Ectoedemia intimella KW - Ectoedemia klimeschi KW - Ectoedemia minimella KW - Ectoedemia occultella KW - Ectoedemia rubivora KW - Ectoedemia septembrella KW - Ectoedemia sericopeza KW - Ectoedemia subbimaculella KW - Ectoedemia turbidella KW - Ectoedemia weaveri KW - Enteucha acetosae KW - Lepidoptera KW - Lithuania KW - Nepticulidae KW - Stigmella aceris KW - Stigmella aeneofasciella KW - Stigmella alnetella KW - Stigmella anomalella KW - Stigmella assimilella KW - Stigmella atricapitella KW - Stigmella aurella KW - Stigmella basiguttella KW - Stigmella benanderella KW - Stigmella betulicola KW - Stigmella carpinella KW - Stigmella catharticella KW - Stigmella confusella KW - Stigmella continuella KW - Stigmella crataegella KW - Stigmella desperatella KW - Stigmella filipendulae KW - Stigmella floslactella KW - Stigmella freyella KW - Stigmella hemargyrella KW - Stigmella hybnerella KW - Stigmella incognitella KW - Stigmella lapponica KW - Stigmella lediella KW - Stigmella lemniscella KW - Stigmella lonicerarum KW - Stigmella luteella KW - Stigmella magdalenae KW - Stigmella malella KW - Stigmella microtheriella KW - Stigmella minusculella KW - Stigmella myrtillella KW - Stigmella nivenburgensis KW - Stigmella nylandriella KW - Stigmella obliquella KW - Stigmella oxyacanthella KW - Stigmella plagicolella KW - Stigmella poterii KW - Stigmella pretiosa KW - Stigmella prunetorum KW - Stigmella pyri KW - Stigmella roborella KW - Stigmella ruficapitella KW - Stigmella sakhalinella KW - Stigmella salicis KW - Stigmella samiatella KW - Stigmella sanguisorbae KW - Stigmella sorbi KW - Stigmella splendidissimella KW - Stigmella tiliae KW - Stigmella tityrella KW - Stigmella trimaculella KW - Stigmella ulmivora KW - Stigmella viscerella KW - Stigmella zelleriella KW - Trifurcula headleyella AB - The monograph presents a short review of leaf-mining insects and a comprehensive analysis of the Lithuanian Nepticulidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) fauna. Based on the originalinvestigation data collected by Asta Navickaitė, Arūnas Diškus, Jonas R. Stonis and otherresearchers, the monograph gives the first chorological evaluation of the Lithuanian Nepticulidaefauna, presents an updated taxonomic catalogue of the fauna, considers rare andfrequent species and sheds new light on trophic relationships of the family. According tothe data contained in this book, at present 75 Nepticulidae species are known in Lithuania,most of them being recorded in south-western (66 species) and south-eastern(65 species) regions of the country. A great majority of the Lithuanian Nepticulidaespecies (75%) are attributed to the Stigmella Schrank, a rather significant part belongsto Ectoedemia Busck and other five genera are represented by several or merely a singlespecies. A given analysis of Nepticulidae distribution ranges has revealed chorologicalheterogeneity of the Lithuanian fauna of Nepticulidae: Lithuanian Nepticulidae are determinedto form eight different chorological groups. The most numerous are the groups ofmoderately limited European distribution: Euro-Submediterranean and Euro-Nemoral.The main part of Nepticulidae (26–31%) in nearly all terrestrial regions of Lithuania are the species of Euro-Submediterranean distribution; however, such species are considerably less numerous in the coastal region (8%). The coastal region mostly inhabits species of Euro-Mediterranean distribution (32%), which are markedly less abundant in other Lithuanian regions (including the Curonian Spit, where they account for merely 4% of the total fauna of Nepticulidae). From the chorological point of view the most unique among Lithuanian regions is the Curonian Spit, which chiefly inhabits species of Sub-Baltic distribution, which are absent from other regions of the country. No less unique is the coastal region, which is characterised by the highest occurrence of species of Euro-Mediterranean distribution compared with other regions. The monograph gives a rather wide analysis of trophic relationships of Nepticulidae. Though many of Lithuanian Nepticulidae are oligophagous (38%), most of the species mine plants of one particular species (monophagous species account for 62% of the whole Lithuanian fauna of Nepticulidae).The book is abundantly illustrated by original photographs. An atlas of Nepticulidae mines presented in the book will facilitate identification of a great majority of Nepticulidae species. However, it should be noted that not all Lithuanian Nepticulidae species can be reliably identified solely according to the samples of mines collected. A more precise identification of some species of Ectoedemia and Stigmella requires genital preparations. The book adequately describes a methodology for preparing genital slides. The monograph ends with conclusions some of which are probably not final, because the Lithuanian Nepticulidae fauna is still in the process of investigation. The monograph will hopefully encourage more intensive investigation into Lithuanian (and European) leaf-mining insects (including Nepticulidae). At the end of the monograph, terminology explanations and a list of standardized Lithuanian names of some lesaf-mining insects are given; the majority of these names are terminological neologisms. We are of opinion that this monograph not only presents the first comprehensive analysis and evaluation of Lithuanian Nepticulidae, but could also be useful for students of biology, zoology and entomology. PB - Lutute publishers CY - Kaunas SN - 978-9955-37-148-9 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - First discovery of Quercus feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in Central America JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2013 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.1 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Schuster, Jack SP - 1 EP - 23 KW - Guatemala KW - Nepticulidae KW - Quercus KW - Stigmella aurifasciata KW - Stigmella guatemalensis KW - Stigmella jaguari KW - Stigmella lauta KW - Stigmella nigriverticella KW - Stigmella sublauta AB -

Despite the high taxonomic diversity of oaks in Mexico and Central America, no Quercus feeding Nepticulidae have ever been recorded from the region. Here, we present seven species whose larvae are leaf-miners of Quercus (section Lobatae) in Guatemala. Except Stigmella nigriverticella (Chambers 1875), which was previously known from the United States, all other discovered species are new. We describe and name five new species (Stigmella jaguari Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., S. lauta Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., S. sublauta Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., S. aurifasciata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and S. guatemalensis Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.); the remaining new species is described but left unnamed because of lack of adults (i. e. moths and genitalia are described from developed pupae). All seven treated species are illustrated with photographs of the leaf-mines, adults, and genitalia.

VL - 3737 UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3737.3.1 IS - 1 JO - Zootaxa ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New Nepticulidae species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Yucatán Peninsula JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2013 A1 - Stonis, Jonas R A1 - Remeikis, Andrius A1 - Diškus, Arūnas A1 - Noreika, Remigijus SP - 223 EP - 230 KW - Acalyptris yucatani KW - Anacardiaceae KW - Belize KW - Mexico KW - Nepticulidae KW - Rhamnaceae KW - Schinus KW - Stigmella maya AB -

Thirty-eight species of Nepticulidae are known from the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent areas (mainland Mexico and Be-lize). This paper describes two new species: Stigmella maya Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (a leaf-miner of Karwinskia hum-boldtiana, Rhamnaceae), and Acalyptris yucatani Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (a leaf-miner of Schinus sp., Anacardiaceae). S. maya is among the smallest Lepidoptera in the world. In its male genitalia S. maya resembles a sizeable group of undescribed species occurring in the Andes (Patagonia: Argentina). The adults of both new species are illustrated with photographs of adults, genitalia and leaf-mines.

VL - 3609 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.8 ER -