Stigmella angusta

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Karsholt, Ole & Torres, Nixon Cumbicus, 2017, Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia), Zootaxa 4257 (1), pp. 1-70 : 29

The Stigmella angusta group (designated here) (species 16)

Diagnostics ( Fig. 37 ): forewing speckled. In male genitalia, phallus with large compact clusters of spine-like cornuti; valva with two apical processes; uncus bilobed; each lobe with two caudal papillae; gnathos with two long caudal processes; vinculum with very long lateral lobes. Currently the group comprises of single high-Andean species— Stigmella angusta from Peru. Trophic relationships unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 37. Diagnostics of the central Andean Stigmella.