Stigmella (moth)

Stigmella is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.

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-Schäffer, 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 (Hübner, 1796)
 * Stigmella ilicifoliella (Mendes, 1918)
 * Stigmella incognitella (Herrich-Schäffer, 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-Schäffer, 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-Schäffer, 1855)
 * Stigmella rhamnella (Herrich-Schäffer, 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-Schäffer, 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-Schäffer, 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 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 sashai Puplesis, 1984
 * Stigmella semiaurea Puplesis, 1988
 * Stigmella sesplicata Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
 * 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 zagulaevi Puplesis, 1994
 * 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 (W. W. Jones, 1933)
 * Stigmella caryaefoliella van Nieukerken et al., 2016 (Clemens, 1861)
 * 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 maya Stonis, Remeikis, Diskus and Noreika, 2013
 * 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