Stephensia (moth)

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

Stephensia
Stephensia cedronellae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Elachistinae
Genus:	Stephensia Stainton, 1858
Synonyms
Kumia Falkovich, 1986 Austriana Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Canariana Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Holstia Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Gibraltarensis Traugott-Olsen, 1996 Kearfottia Traugott-Olsen, 1996

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)". Entomologica Fennica. 3 (4): 177–194.
• Sruoga, V.; Puplesis, R. (2003). "A remarkable new species of Stephensia Stainton (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Belize rainforest (Central America)". Zoological Science. 20 (10): 1273–1277. doi:10.2108/zsj.20.1273.
• 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. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00069.x.