Stigmella splendidissimella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
(Glossy Bramble Pigmy)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Stigmella splendidissimella (Glossy Bramble Pigmy)
Genus	Stigmella (Zoo.) (pigmy moths)
Tribe	Nepticulini (a tribe of moths)
Subfamily	NEPTICULINAE (a subfamily of moths)
Family	NEPTICULIDAE (pygmy moths, minute eye-cap moths)
Superfamily	NEPTICULOIDEA (eye-cap micro-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)

Stigmella splendidissimella is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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.

Stigmella splendidissimella (Glossy Bramble Pigmy) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NEPTICULIDAE
(pygmy moths, minute eye-cap moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stigmella splendidissimella (Glossy Bramble Pigmy)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stigmella splendidissimella (Glossy Bramble Pigmy)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Stigmella splendidissimella is also a member of:

Identification Works

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