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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Stigmella » Stigmella resplendensella - Hodges#0111 (Stigmella resplendensella)
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Moth for ID ??? - Stigmella resplendensella
Copyright © 2010 Mark Dreiling

Moth for ID ??? - Stigmella resplendensella
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
April 29, 2010
It looks to me to be a choice between 0414 Ceratophaga vicinella and 0001 Epimartyria auricrinella
The first photo is with lighting from the front resulting in a light eye and a reflection just above.
The second photo shows with lighting from behind and on the other side resulting in some iridescence.
Found at UV light near pond in wooded area of a flood plain.

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Moth for ID ??? - Stigmella resplendensella Moth for ID ??? - Stigmella resplendensella
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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 1 May, 2010 - 7:27pm
Last updated 4 May, 2016 - 9:49am

Moved
Moved from betulicola species group.

Thanks for the update!
… Charley Eiseman, 4 May, 2016 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stigmella resplendensella.
Erik van Nieukerken says: "I don’t understand why these are identified as [S. resplendensella] (if it is a good species at all). To me it looks as a Stigmella sp. in the betulicola group (= corylifoliella group), the edged scape you’ll see in S. corylifoliella and S. betulicola, but this one lacks the fascia."
… Charley Eiseman, 1 May, 2013 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
re-identification
I have to take back my earlier comments: I have borrowed this specimen from Guelph (MDOK-4478) with barcode BOLD:AAO4044 and have to agree that it indeed matches resplendensella very well. The photo doesn't show it, but the reflections are similar to Chambers description and in fact to the Lectotype I have currently on loan.
So S. resplendensella it is!
… Erik van Nieukerken, 4 May, 2016 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tineinae. Huh, I don't know how this ended up as a Tineid! Oops.
… Chris Grinter, 3 November, 2010 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

Nepticulid
The form of the tuft and the large eye cap ID this as a nepticulid. It is a reasonably good match for Chambers' description of "Nepticula" (now Stigmella) resplendensella.
… Terry Harrison, 3 November, 2010 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Chris Grinter, 29 July, 2010 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

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