Nepticulidae

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Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979

The pecan serpentine leafminer, Stigmella juglandifoliella, is a small nepticulid moth found in three eastern U.S. states whose larvae mine pecan leaves.

Stigmella apicialbella (Chambers, 1873) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella apicialbella (Chambers, 1873) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella apicialbella (Chambers, 1873) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella apicialbella is a small nepticulid moth found in Kentucky and Ohio, United States, with a 3.6–4.8 mm wingspan.

Stigmella heteromelis Newton & Wilkinson, 1982

Stigmella heteromelis Newton & Wilkinson, 1982

Stigmella heteromelis Newton & Wilkinson, 1982

Stigmella heteromelis is a small nepticulid moth found in California, whose larvae mine leaves of Heteromeles host plants.

Stigmella intermedia (Braun, 1917) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella intermedia (Braun, 1917) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella intermedia (Braun, 1917) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella intermedia is a small nepticulid moth found in North America that mines leaves of sumac host plants.

Stigmella prunifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella prunifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella prunifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella prunifoliella is a nepticulid moth found in eastern North America that mines the leaves of Prunus host plants.

Stigmella rhoifoliella (Braun, 1912) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella rhoifoliella (Braun, 1912) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella rhoifoliella (Braun, 1912) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella rhoifoliella is a Nepticulidae moth found in Ohio and Kentucky, US, with leaf-mining larvae feeding on Rhus toxicodendron.

Stigmella rhamnicola (Braun, 1916) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella rhamnicola (Braun, 1916) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella rhamnicola (Braun, 1916) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella rhamnicola is a Nepticulidae moth found in Ohio, US, whose larvae mine leaves of Rhamnus lanceolata.

Stigmella nigriverticella (Chambers, 1875) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella nigriverticella (Chambers, 1875) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella nigriverticella (Chambers, 1875) Newton et al., 1982

Stigmella nigriverticella is a small nepticulid moth found in parts of the United States, with unknown confirmed host plants.

Stigmella populetorum (Frey & Boll, 1878) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella populetorum (Frey & Boll, 1878) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella populetorum (Frey & Boll, 1878) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella populetorum is a 5 mm-wingspan nepticulid moth found in North America that mines Populus leaves.

Etainia sericopeza (Zeller, 1839) Beirne, 1945

Etainia sericopeza (Zeller, 1839) Beirne, 1945

Etainia sericopeza (Zeller, 1839) Beirne, 1945

Etainia sericopeza is a small moth that feeds on Norway maple, found in Europe and parts of North America.

Fomoria pteliaeella (Chambers, 1880) Wilkinson, 1979

Fomoria pteliaeella (Chambers, 1880) Wilkinson, 1979

Fomoria pteliaeella (Chambers, 1880) Wilkinson, 1979

Fomoria pteliaeella is a nepticulid moth found in Kentucky and Ohio, whose larvae mine leaves of Ptelea trifoliata.

Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878) van Nieukerken et al., 2016

Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878) van Nieukerken et al., 2016

Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878) van Nieukerken et al., 2016

Zimmermannia bosquella is a moth species whose larvae mine Quercus palustris leaves, once misidentified as the presumed extinct American chestnut moth.

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