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Nepticulidae

Synonyms: Stigmellidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes (see also Opostegidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm. in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.
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Genus

Acalyptris (108)
Areticulata (1)
Bohemannia (9)
Casanovula (2)
Ectoedemia (92)
Enteucha (11)
Etainia (17)
Fomoria (50)
Glaucolepis (42)
Hesperolyra (6)
Manoneura (1)
Menurella (12)
Muhabbetana (35)
Neotrifurcula (1)
Ozadelpha (4)
Parafomoria (8)
Pectinivalva (8)
Roscidotoga (4)
Simplimorpha (6)
Stigmella (513)
Stigmellites (18)
Trifurcula (45)
Varius (1)
Zimmermannia (17)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0