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Recent Publications
- The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of North West Europe
- Introduction to the Nepticulidae
- Stigmella aurella (F.) and Stigmella splendidissimella (H.S.) (Lep., Nepticulidae) - a method of distinguishing mines on Rubus
- The Ando-Patagonian Stigmella magnispinella group (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) with description of new species from Ecuador, Peru and Argentina
- Die Lepidopterenfauna von Herkulesbad und Orsova. Eine zoogeographische Studie
- Influences of leaf-mining insects on their host plants: A review
Nepticuloidea
Opostega Zeller, 1839
Nomenclature
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Superfamily: NepticuloideaFamily: Opostegidae
Genus:
Opostega Zeller, 1839
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type information:
Elachista salaciella Treitschke, 1833: 180 (subsequent designation (Walsingham, 1914: 349))
Etymology:
From Greek ,Ὤψ (ops), face and στέγη (stegè), a roof: referring to the very large antennal eyecaps (scape)