Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)
(Golden Pigmy)

Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy)
GenusStigmella (Zoo.) (pigmy moths)
TribeNepticulini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyNEPTICULINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyNEPTICULIDAE (pygmy moths, minute eye-cap moths)
SuperfamilyNEPTICULOIDEA (eye-cap micro-moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Koster, G., Bryan, G. & Povel, D. 1984 Stigmella aurella (F.) and Stigmella splendidissimella (H.S.) (Lep., Nepticulidae) - a method of distinguishing mines on Rubus Ent. Mon. Mag. 120: 115-117.
van Nieukerken, E.J., Mutanen, M. & Doorenweerd, C. 2011 DNA barcoding resolves species complexes in Stigmella salicis and S. aurella species groups and shows additional cryptic speciation in S. salicis (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) Ent. Tidskr. Vol 132: 235-255.

Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy)
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