Stephensia (moth) explained

Stephensia is a genus of the small and very small moths of the family Elachistidae.

Species

• Stephensia abbreviatella (Stainton, 1851)
• Stephensia armata Sruoga, 2003
• Stephensia brunichella (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Stephensia calpella (Walsingham, 1908)
• Stephensia cedronellae (Walsingham, 1908)
• Stephensia cunilae Braun, 1930
• Stephensia integra (Falkovich, 1986)
• Stephensia jalmarella Kaila, 1992
• Stephensia major (Kearfott, 1907)
• Stephensia staudingeri Nielson and Traugatt-Olson, 1981
• Stephensia unipunctella Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen, 1978
• Stephensia ussuriella Sinev, 1992

References

• Kaila. L.. 1992. The Elachistidae of Southern Siberia and Central-Asia, with descriptions of 5 new species (Lepidoptera). 3. 4. 177–194. Entomologica Fennica.
• Sruoga. V.. R.. Puplesis. 2003. A remarkable new species of Stephensia Stainton (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Belize rainforest (Central America). Zoological Science. 20. 1273–1277. 10. 10.2108/zsj.20.1273. free.
• Traugott-Olsen. E.. 1995. Phylogeny of the subfamily Elachistinae s. str. Part I: Mendesiini, with some taxonomic revision and descriptions of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 23. 90. 153–180.
• Kaila. Lauri . 1999 . Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) . Systematic Entomology . 24 . 2 . 139–169 . 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00069.x.