Caloptilia stigmatella (Fabricius, 1781)
(White-triangle Slender)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Caloptilia stigmatella (White-triangle Slender)
Genus	Caloptilia (a genus of slender micro-moths)
Subfamily	GRACILLARIINAE (slender micro-moths)
Family	GRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
Superfamily	GRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Caloptilia stigmatella is also a member of:
Leaf-miner moths - moths with leaf-mining larvae (via Gracillariidae)
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gracillarioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Caloptilia stigmatella (White-triangle Slender) :
1: Caloptilia stigmatella (White-triangle Slender)
6 Apr 2018	OSGR: SU00	50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
at fluorescent lamp sheet, 8:30pm BST

Caloptilia stigmatella (White-triangle Slender) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

GRACILLARIIDAE
(midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)

GRACILLARIOIDEA
(a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Caloptilia stigmatella (White-triangle Slender)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Caloptilia stigmatella (White-triangle Slender)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Caloptilia stigmatella is also a member of:

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