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Recent Publications
- The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of North West Europe
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- 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
Stigmella Schrank, 1802
Nomenclature
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Superfamily: NepticuloideaFamily: Nepticulidae
Genus:
Stigmella Schrank, 1802
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type information:
Phalaena (Tinea) anomalella Goeze, 1783: 168 (subsequent designation, Walsingham, 1908: 1007)
Etymology:
στίγμα (stigma), a brand, a small dot: possibly from the small size but more probably from the conspicuous, sometimes metallic, fascia on the forewing of many of the species; Schrank called the moths `Edelmotte`, noble moths (after Emmet 1991: 45).
Note EvN: Since Schrank used the unicolorous S. anomalella (S. rosella) as type species, the explanation of the fascia is less likely correct.
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Synonyms: 3