Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)
(Golden Pigmy)

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)
Records of Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy) :
1: Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy)
9 May 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
old mine on Bramble leaf
Image 1: Mined leaflet - top surface - enlargedImage 2: Mined leaflet - top surface - enlarged (2)Image 3: Mined leaflet - transmitted light - enlargedImage 4: Mined leaflet - under surface - enlargedImage 5: Mined leaf - top surfaceImage 6: Mine - earlier section - transmitted light - magnifiedImage 7: Mine - later section - transmitted light - magnifiedImage 8: Mine - later section - transmitted light - magnified (2)Image 9: Mine - under surface - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stigmella aurella (Golden Pigmy)
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