Stigmella (moth)

Stigmella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella Schrank, 1802
Type species
Phalaena (Tinea) anomalella Goze, 1783
Synonyms
Nepticula Heyden, von 1843 Dysnepticula Börner, 1925 Astigmella Puplesis, 1984

Stigmella is a genus of moths of the Nepticulidae family.

Species found in Africa

• Stigmella abachausi (Janse, 1948)
• Stigmella abutilonica Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella allophylica Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella allophylivora Gustafsson, 1985
• Stigmella ampullata Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella androflava Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella angustivalva Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella caliginosa (Meyrick, 1921)
• Stigmella celtifoliella Vari, 1955
• Stigmella charistis Vari, 1963
• Stigmella confinalis Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella crotonica Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella dombeyivora Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella ficivora Gustafsson, 1985
• Stigmella fluida (Meyrick, 1911)
• Stigmella galactacma (Meyrick, 1924)
• Stigmella generalis Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella geranica Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella grewiae Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella gustafssoni (Capuse, 1975)
• Stigmella hortorum Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella ingens (Meyrick, 1913)
• Stigmella irrorata (Janse, 1948)
• Stigmella krugeri Vari, 1963
• Stigmella letabensis Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella liota Vari, 1963
• Stigmella mandingella (Gustafsson, 1972)
• Stigmella maytenivora Gustafsson, 1985
• Stigmella naibabi Mey, 2004
• Stigmella nigrata (Meyrick, 1913)
• Stigmella panconista (Meyrick, 1920)
• Stigmella parinarella Vari, 1955
• Stigmella perplexa (Janse, 1948)
• Stigmella platyzona Vari, 1963
• Stigmella porphyreuta (Meyrick, 1917)
• Stigmella potgieteri Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella pretoriata Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella protosema (Meyrick, 1921)
• Stigmella rhomboivora Gustafsson, 1985
• Stigmella rhynchosiella Vari, 1955
• Stigmella satarensis Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella tragilis Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella triumfettica Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella tropicatella Legrand, 1965
• Stigmella urbica (Meyrick, 1913)
• Stigmella uwusebi Mey, 2004
• Stigmella varii Scoble, 1978
• Stigmella wollofella (Gustafsson, 1972)
• Stigmella worcesteri Scoble, 1983
• Stigmella xuthomitra (Meyrick, 1921)

Species found in the Palearctic ecozone

The following species are found in Europe:

• Stigmella aceris (Frey, 1857)
• Stigmella aeneofasciella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)
• Stigmella alaternella (Le Marchand, 1937)
• Stigmella alnetella (Stainton, 1856)
• Stigmella amygdali (Klimesch, 1978)
• Stigmella anomalella (Goeze, 1783)
• Stigmella assimilella (Zeller, 1848)
• Stigmella atricapitella (Haworth, 1828)
• Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)
• Stigmella auromarginella (Richardson, 1890)
• Stigmella aurora Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella azaroli (Klimesch, 1978)
• Stigmella basiguttella (Heinemann, 1862)
• Stigmella benanderella (Wolff, 1955)
• Stigmella betulicola (Stainton, 1856)
• Stigmella carpinella (Heinemann, 1862)
• Stigmella catharticella (Stainton, 1853)
• Stigmella centifoliella (Zeller, 1848)
• Stigmella cocciferae van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003
• Stigmella confusella (Wood & Walsingham, 1894)
• Stigmella continuella (Stainton, 1856)
• Stigmella crataegella (Klimesch, 1936)
• Stigmella crenulatae (Klimesch, 1975)
• Stigmella desperatella (Frey, 1856)
• Stigmella diniensis (Klimesch, 1975)
• Stigmella dorsiguttella (Johansson, 1971)
• Stigmella dryadella (O. Hofmann, 1868)
• Stigmella eberhardi (Johansson, 1971)
• Stigmella fasciata van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003
• Stigmella filipendulae (Wocke, 1871)
• Stigmella floslactella (Haworth, 1828)
• Stigmella freyella (Heyden, 1858)
• Stigmella geimontani (Klimesch, 1940)
• Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858)
• Stigmella hahniella (Wortz, 1890)
• Stigmella hemargyrella (Kollar, 1832)
• Stigmella hybnerella (Hubner, 1796)
• Stigmella ilicifoliella (Mendes, 1918)
• Stigmella incognitella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)
• Stigmella inopinata A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1991
• Stigmella irregularis Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella johanssonella A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1997
• Stigmella kazakhstanica Puplesis, 1991
• Stigmella lapponica (Wocke, 1862)
• Stigmella lediella (Schleich, 1867)
• Stigmella lemniscella (Zeller, 1839)
• Stigmella lonicerarum (Frey, 1856)
• Stigmella luteella (Stainton, 1857)
• Stigmella macrolepidella (Klimesch, 1978)
• Stigmella magdalenae (Klimesch, 1950)
• Stigmella malella (Stainton, 1854)
• Stigmella mespilicola (Frey, 1856)
• Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854)
• Stigmella minusculella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)
• Stigmella muricatella (Klimesch, 1978)
• Stigmella myrtillella (Stainton, 1857)
• Stigmella naturnella (Klimesch, 1936)
• Stigmella nivenburgensis (Preissecker, 1942)
• Stigmella nylandriella (Tengstrom, 1848)
• Stigmella obliquella (Heinemann, 1862)
• Stigmella oxyacanthella (Stainton, 1854)
• Stigmella paliurella Gerasimov, 1937
• Stigmella pallidiciliella Klimesch, 1946
• Stigmella paradoxa (Frey, 1858)
• Stigmella perpygmaeella (Doubleday, 1859)
• Stigmella plagicolella (Stainton, 1854)
• Stigmella poterii (Stainton, 1857)
• Stigmella pretiosa (Heinemann, 1862)
• Stigmella prunetorum (Stainton, 1855)
• Stigmella pyrellicola (Klimesch, 1978)
• Stigmella pyri (Glitz, 1865)
• Stigmella pyrivora Gustafsson, 1981
• Stigmella regiella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)
• Stigmella rhamnella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1860)
• Stigmella rhamnophila (Amsel, 1934)
• Stigmella roborella (Johansson, 1971)
• Stigmella rolandi van Nieukerken, 1990
• Stigmella ruficapitella (Haworth, 1828)
• Stigmella sakhalinella Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854)
• Stigmella samiatella (Zeller, 1839)
• Stigmella sanguisorbae (Wocke, 1865)
• Stigmella sorbi (Stainton, 1861)
• Stigmella speciosa (Frey, 1857)
• Stigmella spinosissimae (Waters, 1928)
• Stigmella splendidissimella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)
• Stigmella stelviana (Weber, 1938)
• Stigmella stettinensis (Heinemann, 1871)
• Stigmella styracicolella (Klimesch, 1978)
• Stigmella suberivora (Stainton, 1869)
• Stigmella svenssoni (Johansson, 1971)
• Stigmella szoecsiella (Borkowski, 1972)
• Stigmella thuringiaca (Petry, 1904)
• Stigmella tiliae (Frey, 1856)
• Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854)
• Stigmella tormentillella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1860)
• Stigmella torminalis (Wood, 1890)
• Stigmella trimaculella (Haworth, 1828)
• Stigmella tristis (Wocke, 1862)
• Stigmella trojana Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998
• Stigmella ulmiphaga (Preissecker, 1942)
• Stigmella ulmivora (Fologne, 1860)
• Stigmella vimineticola (Frey, 1856)
• Stigmella viscerella (Stainton, 1853)
• Stigmella xystodes (Meyrick, 1916)
• Stigmella zangherii (Klimesch, 1951)
• Stigmella zelleriella (Snellen, 1875)

The following species are found in the Palearctic ecozone, but not in Europe:

• Stigmella abaiella Klimesch, 1979
• Stigmella acerna Puplesis, 1988
• Stigmella acrochaetia Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella aflatuniae Puplesis & Diškus, 1996
• Stigmella aiderensis Puplesis, 1988
• Stigmella aladina Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella alaurulenta Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella alikurokoi Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella alisa Puplesis, 1985
• Stigmella amuriella Puplesis, 1985
• Stigmella arbatella (Chrétien, 1922)
• Stigmella armeniana Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella attenuata Puplesis, 1985
• Stigmella auricularia Puplesis, Diškus & Juchnevic, 2003
• Stigmella azuminoensis Hirano, 2010
• Stigmella azusa Hirano, 2010
• Stigmella betulifoliae Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella bicolor Puplesis, 1988
• Stigmella bicuspidata van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003
• Stigmella birgittae Gustafsson, 1985
• Stigmella boehmeriae Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella bumbegerensis Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella caesurifasciella Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella caspica Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella castanopsiella (Kuroko, 1978)
• Stigmella cathepostis Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella cerasi Puplesis & Diškus, 1996
• Stigmella chaenomelae Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella circumargentea van Nieukerken & Y.Q. Liu, 2000
• Stigmella clisiotophora Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella conchyliata Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella crataegi Gerasimov, 1937
• Stigmella crataegivora Puplesis, 1985
• Stigmella crenatiella Hirano, 2010
• Stigmella dentatae Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella dissona (Puplesis, 1984)
• Stigmella divina Puplesis , Diškus & van Nieukerken, 1997
• Stigmella egonokii Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella excelsa Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella fasciola Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella fervida Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella ficulnea Puplesis & Krasilnikova, 1994
• Stigmella flavescens Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella fumida Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella fuscacalyptriella Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella georgiana Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella gimmonella (Matsumura, 1931)
• Stigmella grandistyla Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella gutlebiella Laštuvka & Huemer, 2002
• Stigmella hisakoae Hirano, 2010
• Stigmella hisaii Kuroko, 2004
• Stigmella hissariella Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella honshui Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella ichigoiella Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella japonica Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella johanssoni Puplesis & Diškus, 1996
• Stigmella juratae Puplesis, 1988
• Stigmella kao van Nieukerken & Y.Q. Liu, 2000
• Stigmella karsholti van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003
• Stigmella kasyi van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003
• Stigmella klimeschi Puplesis, 1988
• Stigmella kondarai Puplesis, 1988
• Stigmella kopetdagica Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella kozlovi Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella kurilensis Puplesis, 1987
• Stigmella kurokoi Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella kurotsubarai Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella kuznetzovi Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella lanceolata Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella lithocarpella van Nieukerken & Liu, 2000
• Stigmella longispina Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella lurida Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella malifoliella Puplesis, 1991
• Stigmella maloidica Puplesis, 1991
• Stigmella micromelis Puplesis, 1985
• Stigmella mirabella (Puplesis, 1984)
• Stigmella monella Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella montana Puplesis, 1991
• Stigmella monticulella Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella morivora Hirano, 2010
• Stigmella motiekaitisi Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella nakamurai Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella nireae Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella nostrata Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella oa Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella omelkoi Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella oplismeniella Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella orientalis Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella palionisi Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella palmatae Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella pamirbetulae Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella polymorpha Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella populnea Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella regina Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella sashai Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella semiaurea Puplesis, 1988
• Stigmella sorbivora Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella spiculifera Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella subsorbi Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella taigae Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella talassica Puplesis, 1992
• Stigmella tegmentosella Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella titivillitia Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella tranocrossa Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella trifasciata (Matsumura, 1931)
• Stigmella trisyllaba Puplesis, 1992
• Stigmella turbatrix Puplesis, 1994
• Stigmella ultima Puplesis, 1984
• Stigmella vandrieli van Nieukerken & Liu, 2000
• Stigmella vittata Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella zelkoviella Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
• Stigmella zizyphi (Walsingham, 1911)
• Stigmella zumii Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Species found in the Indo-Malayan ecozone

• Stigmella aeriventris (Meyrick, 1932)
• Stigmella alicia (Meyrick, 1928)
• Stigmella argyrodoxa (Meyrick, 1918)
• Stigmella auxozona (Meyrick, 1934)
• Stigmella ebbenielseni van Nieukerken & van den Berg, 2003
• Stigmella elachistarcha (Meyrick, 1934)
• Stigmella elegantiae Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella fibigeri Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella himalayai Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella hoplometalla (Meyrick, 1934)
• Stigmella ipomoeella (Gustafsson, 1976)
• Stigmella isochalca (Meyrick, 1916)
• Stigmella longicornuta Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella maculifera Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella neodora (Meyrick, 1918)
• Stigmella nepali Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella oligosperma (Meyrick, 1934)
• Stigmella oritis (Meyrick, 1910)
• Stigmella polydoxa (Meyrick, 1911)
• Stigmella skulei Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella sruogai Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
• Stigmella tenebrica Puplesis & Diškus, 2003

Species found in Australia and New Zealand

The following species are found in Australia:

• Stigmella leucargyra (Meyrick, 1906)
• Stigmella phyllanthina (Meyrick, 1906)
• Stigmella symmora (Meyrick, 1906)

The following species are found in New Zealand:

• Stigmella aigialeia Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella aliena Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella atrata Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella cassiniae Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella childi Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella cypracma (Meyrick, 1916)
• Stigmella erysibodea Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella fulva (Watt, 1921)
• Stigmella hakekeae Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella hamishella Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella hoheriae Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella ilsea Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella insignis (Philpott, 1927)
• Stigmella kaimanua Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella laqueorum (Dugdale, 1971)
• Stigmella lucida (Philpott, 1919)
• Stigmella maoriella (Walker, 1864)
• Stigmella ogygia (Meyrick, 1889)
• Stigmella oriastra (Meyrick, 1917)
• Stigmella palaga Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella platina Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
• Stigmella progama (Meyrick, 1924)
• Stigmella progonopis (Meyrick, 1921)
• Stigmella propalaea (Meyrick, 1889)
• Stigmella sophorae (Hudson, 1939)
• Stigmella tricentra (Meyrick, 1889)
• Stigmella watti Donner & Wilkinson, 1989

Species found in North and South America

The following species are found in North America:

• Stigmella alba Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979
• Stigmella altella (Braun, 1914)
• Stigmella amelanchierella (Clemens, 1862)
• Stigmella apicialbella (Chambers, 1873)
• Stigmella argentifasciella (Braun, 1912)
• Stigmella aromella Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979
• Stigmella belfrageella (Chambers, 1875)
• Stigmella braunella (Jones, 1933)
• Stigmella castaneaefoliella (Chambers, 1875)
• Stigmella ceanothi (Braun, 1910)
• Stigmella cerea (Braun, 1917)
• Stigmella condaliafoliella (Busck, 1900)
• Stigmella corylifoliella (Clemens, 1861)
• Stigmella crataegifoliella (Clemens, 1861)
• Stigmella diffasciae (Braun, 1910)
• Stigmella flavipedella (Braun, 1914)
• Stigmella fuscotibiella (Clemens, 1862)
• Stigmella gossypii (Forbes & Leonard, 1930)
• Stigmella heteromelis Newton & Wilkinson, 1982
• Stigmella inconspicuella Newton & Wilkinson, 1982
• Stigmella intermedia (Braun, 1917)
• Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861)
• Stigmella latifasciella (Chambers, 1878)
• Stigmella longisacca Newton & Wilkinson, 1982
• Stigmella myricafoliella (Busck, 1900)
• Stigmella nigriverticella (Chambers, 1875)
• Stigmella ostryaefoliella (Clemens, 1861)
• Stigmella pallida (Braun, 1912)
• Stigmella plumosetaeella Newton & Wilkinson, 1982
• Stigmella pomivorella (Packard, 1870)
• Stigmella populetorum (Frey & Boll, 1878)
• Stigmella procrastinella (Braun, 1927)
• Stigmella prunifoliella (Clemens, 1861)
• Stigmella purpuratella (Braun, 1917)
• Stigmella quercipulchella (Chambers, 1878)
• Stigmella racemifera Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, 2009
• Stigmella resplendensella (Chambers, 1875)
• Stigmella rhamnicola (Braun, 1916)
• Stigmella rhoifoliella (Braun, 1912)
• Stigmella rosaefoliella (Clemens, 1861)
• Stigmella saginella (Clemens, 1861)
• Stigmella scinanella Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979
• Stigmella scintillans (Braun, 1917)
• Stigmella sclerostyla Newton & Wilkinson, 1982
• Stigmella slingerlandella (Kearfott, 1908)
• Stigmella stigmaciella Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979
• Stigmella taeniola (Braun, 1925)
• Stigmella tiliella (Braun, 1912)
• Stigmella unifasciella (Chambers, 1875)
• Stigmella variella (Braun, 1910)
• Stigmella villosella (Clemens, 1861)

The following species are found in South and Central America, but not in North America:

• Stigmella albilamina Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella andina (Meyrick, 1915)
• Stigmella austroamericana Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
• Stigmella barbata Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella costalimai (Bourquin, 1962)
• Stigmella cuprata (Meyrick, 1915)
• Stigmella epicosma (Meyrick, 1915)
• Stigmella eurydesma (Meyrick, 1915)
• Stigmella fuscilamina Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella guittonae (Bourquin, 1962)
• Stigmella hamata Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella hylomaga (Meyrick, 1931)
• Stigmella imperatoria Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella johannis (Zeller, 1877)
• Stigmella kimae Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella marmorea Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella montanotropica Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
• Stigmella nubimontana Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
• Stigmella olyritis (Meyrick, 1915)
• Stigmella ovata Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella peruanica Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella pruinosa Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella rubeta Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
• Stigmella rudis Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
• Stigmella schoorli Puplesis & Robinson, 2000

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• North American Moths – Pre-tortricid Micros at mothphotographersgroup
• The Nepticuloidea and Tisherioidea: Strategic Regional Revisions with a Global Review
• Stigmella at the Australian Faunal Directory
• Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera