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Pygmy Eye-capped Moths
Nepticulidae
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...
30 branches of this family, most-observed first
Stigmella
genusStigmella
Ectoedemia
genusEctoedemia
Zimmermannia
genusZimmermannia
Etainia
genusEtainia
Glaucolepis
genusGlaucolepis
Acalyptris
genusAcalyptris
Fomoria
genusFomoria
Pectinivalva
genusPectinivalva
Enteucha
genusEnteucha
Bohemannia
genusBohemannia
Simplimorpha
genusSimplimorpha
Trifurcula
genusTrifurcula
Roscidotoga
genusRoscidotoga
Parafomoria
genusParafomoria
Muhabbetana
genusMuhabbetana
Ozadelpha
genusOzadelpha
Microcalyptris
genusMicrocalyptris
Areticulata
genusAreticulata
Menurella
genusMenurella
Hesperolyra
genusHesperolyra
Neotrifurcula
genusNeotrifurcula
Varius
genusVarius
Stigmellites
genusStigmellites
Artaversala
genusArtaversala
Fedalmia
genusFedalmia
Johanssoniella
genusJohanssoniella
Levarchama
genusLevarchama
Manoneura
genusManoneura
Niepeltia
genusNiepeltia
Brachinepticula
genusBrachinepticula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85925.