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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea)

Superfamily Nepticuloidea - Pygmy Leafmining Moths

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown Moth Unid Leafminer Gps5 - Stigmella prunifoliella St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus nigra SA585 Stigmella 2016 1 - Stigmella sclerostylota Castanea dentata host - Stigmella Moth Currituck County leaf miner on Schoenoplectus americanus D3102 2021 3 - Acalyptris Zimmermannia Pelham Road leaf miner Stigmella on Quercus pagoda D4658B 2023 2 - Stigmella nigriverticella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
Explanation of Names
From the type genus Nepticula, Latin meaning "granddaughter." (1)
Identification
See Bob Patterson's comment about "eyecaps" on photo 360727.
Remarks
These are tiny moths whose larvae are leaf and stem miners. Specialization on diverse flowering plants has led this group to become the most species-rich of the primitive Lepidoptera (2)
Internet References
Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 26 March, 2007 - 4:19pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, John Schneider, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 27 May, 2019 - 9:18pm

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