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{{Short description|Family of moths}}
{{Taxobox
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| name = Nepticulidae
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Stigmella alnetella.jpg
| image = Stigmella alnetella.jpg
| image_caption = ''Stigmella alnetella''
| image_caption = ''Stigmella alnetella''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Nepticulidae
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| subordo = [[Glossata]]
| cohorto = [[Myoglossata]]
| subcohorto = [[Neolepidoptera]]
| infraordo = [[Heteroneura]]
| superfamilia = [[Nepticuloidea]]
| familia = '''Nepticulidae'''
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| diversity = About 800 species described
| diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and genera
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and genera
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
[[Pectinivalvinae]]
Pectinivalvinae
*''[[Pectinivalva]]''
*''[[Pectinivalva]]''
*''[[Roscidotoga]]''
*''[[Roscidotoga]]''
[[Nepticulinae]]
Nepticulinae
*''[[Acalyptris]]''
*''[[Acalyptris]]''
*''[[Areticulata]]''
*''[[Areticulata]]''
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*''[[Parafomoria]]''
*''[[Parafomoria]]''
*''[[Simplimorpha]]''
*''[[Simplimorpha]]''
*''[[Stigmella (lepidoptera)|Stigmella]]''
*''[[Stigmella (moth)|Stigmella]]''
*†''[[Stigmellites]]''
*†''[[Stigmellites]]''
*''[[Trifurcula]]''
*''[[Trifurcula]]''
*''[[Varius (genus)|Varius]]''
*''[[Varius (moth)|Varius]]''
| diversity_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p221.pdf|title=Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera|website=mapress.com|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
| synonyms =
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| diversity = About 22 genera and 862 species
''Stigmellidae''
}}
}}


'''Nepticulidae''' is a [[Taxonomy|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&nbsp;mm. in the case of the European [[Pigmy Sorrel Moth]],<ref>http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=118</ref> but more usually 3.5–10&nbsp;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.
'''Nepticulidae''' is a [[Taxonomy (biology)|family]] of very small [[moth]]s with a worldwide distribution.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q28109648|doi-access=free}}</ref> 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&nbsp;mm in the case of the European [[pigmy sorrel moth]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=118|title=Enteucha acetosae – UKMoths|website=ukmoths.org.uk|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> but more usually 3.5–10&nbsp;mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and [[lanceolate]], sometimes with metallic markings, and with the [[Insect wing#Venation|venation]] very simplified compared to most other moths.


The minute [[larva]]e usually are [[leaf mine]]rs<ref>http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/nepticulidae.htm</ref> but some species also mine seeds or bark of trees.<ref>http://www.insectimages.org/browse/familyimages.cfm?id=331</ref> Much is known about their [[host (biology)|host]] plants.<ref>http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/hostplants/list.dsml?searchPageURL=browse.dsml&Family=Nepticulidae&Genus=&Species=&Country=&sort=Family</ref> The Pectinivalvinae, characterised by a "pectinifer" on the [[Valve (disambiguation)|valve]] of the male [[genitalia]], are endemic to Australia, where they mine the leaves of the tree families [[Myrtaceae]] (Scoble, 1983) or [[Cunoniaceae]] ([[Eucryphiaceae]]), and [[Elaeocarpaceae]] (Hoare, 2000). This Australian group probably constitutes the [[sister group]] of other pigmy moths (the [[subfamily]] [[Nepticulinae]]), which is distributed across the World except Antarctica (Davis, 1999). Many species undoubtedly await [[alpha taxonomy|description]] and the study of some tropical [[fauna]]s is just commencing (Puplesis ''et al.'', 2002).
The minute [[larva]]e usually are [[leaf miner]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/nepticulidae.htm|title=Nepticulidae|website=leafmines.co.uk|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> but some species also mine seeds or bark of trees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insectimages.org/browse/familyimages.cfm?id=331|title=Nepticulidae Images @ Insect Images|website=insectimages.org|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> The Pectinivalvinae, characterised by a "pectinifer" on the [[Valve (disambiguation)|valve]] of the male [[genitalia]], are endemic to Australia, where they mine the leaves of the tree families [[Myrtaceae]] (Scoble, 1983) or [[Cunoniaceae]] ([[Eucryphiaceae]]), and [[Elaeocarpaceae]] (Hoare, 2000). This Australian group probably constitutes the [[sister group]] of other pigmy moths (the [[subfamily]] Nepticulinae), which is distributed around the world except Antarctica (Davis, 1999). Many species undoubtedly await [[alpha taxonomy|description]], especially in tropical areas.<ref name="Puplesis2002">{{Cite Q|Q54536828}}</ref>


Typical nepticulid moth [[leaf mine]]s referable to the genera ''[[Stigmella (lepidoptera)|Stigmella]]'' and ''[[Ectoedemia]]'' are known from mid-[[Cretaceous]] fossils around 97 million years old (Labandeira ''et al.'', 1994; Grimaldi and Engel, 2005: 52).
Typical nepticulid moth [[leaf mine]]s referable to the genera ''[[Stigmella (moth)|Stigmella]]'' and ''[[Ectoedemia]]'' are known from mid-[[Cretaceous]] fossils around 97 million years old.<ref name="Labandeira1994">{{Cite Q|Q24564423}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp.&nbsp;65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). ''Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies''. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
*Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp.&nbsp;65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). ''Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies''. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
*Hoare, R.J.B. (2000). A new genus of primitive Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of nepticulid subfamilies. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', '''128'''(3): 289–317.
*Hoare, R.J.B. (2000). A new genus of primitive Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of nepticulid subfamilies. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', '''128'''(3): 289–317.
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*Puplesis, R., Diskus, A., Robinson, G.S. and Onore, G. (2002). A review and checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). ''Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series'', '''71''': 59–76.
*Labandeira, C.C., Dilcher, D.L., Davis, D.R. and Wagner, D.L. 1994. Ninety-Seven Million Years of Angiosperm-Insect Association: Paleobiological Insights into the Meaning of Coevolution. ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America'', '''91'''(25): 12278–12282. [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/91/25/12278.pdf pdf]
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*Puplesis, R., Diskus, A., Robinson, G.S. and Onore, G. (2002). A review and checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). ''Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Entomology Series'', '''71''': 59–76.
*Scoble, M.J. (1983). ''A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa''. Monographs of the Transvaal Museum.
*Scoble, M.J. (1983). ''A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa''. Monographs of the Transvaal Museum.


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons}}
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{{Wikispecies|Nepticulidae}}
*[https://www.inaturalist.org/listed_taxa/10385000 iNaturalist]
*[http://nepticuloidea.info/ Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world]
*[http://nepticuloidea.info/ Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world]
*[http://tolweb.org/Nepticulidae Tree of Life]
*[http://tolweb.org/Nepticulidae Tree of Life]
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*[http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biodiversity/invertebratesprog/lepidoptera/cgi-bin/species.pl?Stigmella?Nepticulidae New Zealand species]
*[http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biodiversity/invertebratesprog/lepidoptera/cgi-bin/species.pl?Stigmella?Nepticulidae New Zealand species]
*[http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/svenska_fjarilar.html#Nepticulidae Swedish species]
*[http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/svenska_fjarilar.html#Nepticulidae Swedish species]
*[http://ukmoths.org.uk/search.php?entry=Nepticulidae UK species]
*[https://ukmoths.org.uk/search.php?entry=Nepticulidae UK species]
*[http://webhost.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Nepticulidae.htm Belgian species]
*[http://webhost.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Nepticulidae.htm Belgian species]
*[http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?FAMILY=nepticulidae&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=equals&beginIndex=0&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dnepticulidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d30%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dequals&listPageURL=GenusList3%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dnepticulidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d30%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dequals List of available generic names]
*[http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?FAMILY=nepticulidae&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=equals&beginIndex=0&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dnepticulidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d30%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dequals&listPageURL=GenusList3%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dnepticulidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d30%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dequals List of available generic names]
*[http://delta-intkey.com/britin/lep/www/nepticul.htm Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the families of Lepidoptera. Version: 29th December 2011] Detailed description and figures including wing venation.
*[http://delta-intkey.com/britin/lep/www/nepticul.htm Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the families of Lepidoptera. Version: 29 December 2011] Detailed description and figures including wing venation.


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Nepticulidae
Stigmella alnetella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Nepticuloidea
Family: Nepticulidae
Subfamilies and genera

Pectinivalvinae

Nepticulinae

Diversity[1]
About 22 genera and 862 species

Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution.[2] 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,[3] 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.

The minute larvae usually are leaf miners[4] but some species also mine seeds or bark of trees.[5] The Pectinivalvinae, characterised by a "pectinifer" on the valve of the male genitalia, are endemic to Australia, where they mine the leaves of the tree families Myrtaceae (Scoble, 1983) or Cunoniaceae (Eucryphiaceae), and Elaeocarpaceae (Hoare, 2000). This Australian group probably constitutes the sister group of other pigmy moths (the subfamily Nepticulinae), which is distributed around the world except Antarctica (Davis, 1999). Many species undoubtedly await description, especially in tropical areas.[6]

Typical nepticulid moth leaf mines referable to the genera Stigmella and Ectoedemia are known from mid-Cretaceous fossils around 97 million years old.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera" (PDF). mapress.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ Erik J van Nieukerken; Camiel Doorenweerd; Robert J B Hoare; Donald R Davis (31 October 2016). "Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)". ZooKeys. 628 (628): 65–246. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.628.9799. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 5126388. PMID 27917038. Wikidata Q28109648.
  3. ^ "Enteucha acetosae – UKMoths". ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Nepticulidae". leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Nepticulidae Images @ Insect Images". insectimages.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. ^ RIMANTAS PUPLESIS; ARUNAS DIŠKUS; GADEN S. ROBINSON; GIOVANNI ONORE (June 2002). "A review and checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology series. 71 (01). doi:10.1017/S0968045402000032. ISSN 0968-0454. Wikidata Q54536828.
  7. ^ C C Labandeira; D L Dilcher; D R Davis; D L Wagner (6 December 1994). "Ninety-seven million years of angiosperm-insect association: paleobiological insights into the meaning of coevolution". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 91 (25): 12278–82. Bibcode:1994PNAS...9112278L. doi:10.1073/PNAS.91.25.12278. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 45420. PMID 11607501. Wikidata Q24564423.

Further reading

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  • Davis, D.R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Ch. 6, pp. 65–90 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
  • Hoare, R.J.B. (2000). A new genus of primitive Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of nepticulid subfamilies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128(3): 289–317.
  • Puplesis, R., Diskus, A., Robinson, G.S. and Onore, G. (2002). A review and checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series, 71: 59–76.
  • Scoble, M.J. (1983). A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa. Monographs of the Transvaal Museum.
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