I didn't know about things like the cremulator, the large blender that turns the cremated bones to ashes, or the spiked eyecaps used to keep eyelids in place during a viewing.
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The collar is rust brown. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish, coarsely irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings grey.
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The wingspan is . The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are black. The collar is black. Antennal eyecaps are white.
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The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are orange yellow. The collar iswhite. Antennal eyecaps are white.
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Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings are a shining golden brown basal to a brassy fascia. Distad beyond this is dark purple brown. Hindwings grey brown.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings fuscous, faintly purplish tinged, especially posteriorly ; a hardly oblique whitish fascia at 2/3 ; outer half of cilia whitish. Hindwings light grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 .
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Posterior tarsi whitish, spotted with dark fuscous. Forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purple -tinged ; a roundish white tornal spot; outer half of cilia white. Hindwings grey.
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Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings are shiny bronze brown basal to the tip which has a steel blue shimmer. Hindwings grey. Adults are on wing in June in one generation.
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The wingspan is 4-4.6 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-yellowish, sometimes mixed with fuscous. The collar is bright yellow. Antennal eyecaps are whitish.
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The wingspan is 4.5-5.7 mm. The head is black, ferruginous to orange, or sometimes mixed, collar often whitish. Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings rather shining bronze, apex suffused with purple.
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7–9 mm. The head is orange and the collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal eyecaps are ochreous-whitish. Forewings bright shining purplish- copper ; yellow -whitish costal and dorsal opposite spots beyond middle.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings dark fuscous ; a shining white fascia beyond middle. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London Adults are on wing from April to August.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings light shining ochreous-grey, apex somewhat darker. Hindwings pale grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London Adults are on wing in May and June.
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The wingspan is 4.6–6 mm. The head is orange, the collar yellow-white. Antennal eyecaps yellow-white. Forewings are coarse, dark brown basal to the yellowish cross fascia, apex black.
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Antennal eyecaps yellow-white. Forewings are dark grey brown wth purple at the apex. Hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from June to August.
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The head is ochreous-yellowish, collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings purplish-fuscous ; a rather oblique shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this darker and more purple. Hindwings grey.
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Head ferruginous-orange to black, collar yellow-whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish.Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description Adults are on wing from May to August.
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It is also known from north-eastern China. Mined leaf of Populus tremula Larva The wingspan is 7 mm. The head is ochreous- yellow with a whitish collar. The antennal eyecaps are also whitish.
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The head is ferruginous to ochreous with a whitish collar. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Posterior tarsi whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, somewhat pale-sprinkled and with a subtriangular whitish tornal spot ; tips of apical cilia whitish.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings bronze-fuscous; a somewhat shining yellow-whitish fascia beyond middle, narrowed or sometimes obsolete on costa; apical area beyond this purple-fuscous. Hindwings grey. Adults are on wing from May to July.
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Edward Meyrick gives this description: Head ferruginous-orange, collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings blackish ; a basal spot, a bent fascia before middle,a tornal spot, and opposite costal spot yellow-whitish. Hindwings grey.
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The head is ferruginous-orange, collar light yellowish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings rather dark fuscous, slightly tinged with bronze or purple ; a shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this more purple-tinged. Hindwings grey.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings are shining pale ochreous-greyish, coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous ; outer part of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings are light grey. The yellowish larvae feed on Malus domestica, Malus x purpurea and Malus sylvestris.
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The collar is pale grey. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The front wings are bronze-fuscous with a broad somewhat shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this is rather dark purplish- fuscous. Hindwings are light grey.
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Adults are on wing in June.Edward Meyrick describes it thus - Head ferruginous-orange, collar dark brown. Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings black a shining silvery sometimes interrupted fascia slightly beyond middle; outer half of cilia beyond a black line white.
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The head is pale ochreous and the antennal eyecaps ochreous-white. The forewings are black with a somewhat bent sometimes interrupted shining silvery fascia in middle. The outer half of cilia beyond a black line are white. Hind wings are grey.
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Head ferruginous - orange. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings deep shining golden-bronze ; a shining golden -silvery fascia beyond middle, edged anteriorly with purple suffusion, apical area beyond this deep purple ; an apical shining golden -silvery fascia, partly in cilia. Hindwings grey.
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The wingspan is . The head is ferruginous to orange. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings shining copper gold ; a shining pale golden fascia beyond middle, preceded by a purplish or dark purple-fuscous fascia, apical area beyond this dark purple to fuscous.
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The collar is white. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous; a broad median longitudinal patch extending from base to near middle, and large opposite sometimes confluent triangular costal and dorsal spots beyond middle whitish-yellowish. Hindwings are grey.
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Antennal eyecaps yellowwhitish. Forewings bronze- fuscous, sometimes purplish-tinged a narrow whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this dark purplish-fuscous. Hindwings light grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London Adults are on wing in May.
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The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are black. The collar is black. Antennal eyecaps are white. The forewings are dark coppery- purple-brown with a suffused brassy or green basal patch; a straight shining pale golden or shiny silver fascia beyond middle.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, faintly purple-tinged ; a rather oblique somewhat shining whitish fascia beyond middle; outer half of cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings light grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London Adults are on wing in May and June.
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The collar is white. Antennal eyecaps are white. The forewings are shining bronzy-brown with a rather oblique shining golden-silvery fascia beyond middle; apical area beyond this dark bronzy-brown. Hindwings are grey; in male with an expansible pencil of blackish hairs at base of costa.
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The wingspan is .Head ferruginous-yellowish, collar paler. Antennal eyecaps yellow- whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, mixed or almost wholly suftused with pale ochreousyellowish ; a pale ochreous-yellowish oblique fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinged ; apical cilia ochreous-white except at base.
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Antennal eyecaps yellow -whitish. Forewings shining deep purplish bronze; a shining golden -silvery fascia about 3/4 apical area beyond this deep fuscous-purple. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description Adults are on wing in May and again in August.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings shining brownish-golden ; a somewhat oblique shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a brownish-purple suffusion, apical area beyond this dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London Adults are on wing from May to August.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings light fuscous with a somewhat oblique shining whitish-ochreous fascia at 2/3 ; apical area beyond this darker purple-fuscous; cilia round apex ochreous whitish except at base. Hindwings light grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London Adults are on wing in May.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish-ochreous. Forewings fuscous-bronze ; a shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a rather dark purplish-fuscous fascia, apical area beyond this dark fuscous-purple. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description Adults are on wing from May to August.
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Antennal eyecaps are yellow - whitish. Forewings grey densely irrorated with blackish ; a narrow curved sometimes interrupted shining white fascia in middle ; outer half of cilia beyond a black line white. Hindwings light grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Adults are on wing from May to July.
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Antennal eyecaps white. The forewings are blackish, purplish-tinged and there is a somewhat shining rather oblique anteriorly subconcave whitish fascia hardly beyond the middle and sometimes interrupted. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description Adults are on wing from May to June.
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Stigmella ruficapitella mine The wingspan is 4.5–6 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are black in the male, orange yellow in the female and the collar is black in both sexes Antennal eyecaps are yellow- white. The front wings are dark bronze brown with a weak metallic luster. Hindwings are grey.
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Antennal eyecaps are white. The forewing ground colour is black and there is a somewhat bent shining silvery fascia hardly beyond middle ; outer half of cilia beyond a black line whitish. Hindwings are grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description Adults are on wing from June to July.
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Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings golden brown, becoming lighter golden towards dorsum anteriorly; a bright shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a dark purplish- fuscous suffusion, apical area beyond this dark purplish fuscous. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description The larvae feed on Alnus cordata and Alnus glutinosa.
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Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings shining brass with a deep purple basal fascia, a shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a purple fascia, apical area beyond this deep purple. Hindwings grey. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August.
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The wingspan is The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-orange. The collar is paler. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The front wings are fuscous or dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged, somewhat sprinkled with pale yellowish ; an ochreous-whitish rather oblique fascia beyond middle; apical area beyond this sometimes more blackish ; outer half of cilia ochreous-white.
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Stigmella poterii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Ukraine. A leaf of Poterium sanguisorba with several mined leaflets Larva The wingspan is .The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous and the collar dark brown Antennal eyecaps are whitish.
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Antennal eyecaps are whitish. Forewings are shining deep purplish-bronze ; a shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this dark purple-fuscous Hindwings are grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London Adults are on wing from May to June and again in August. The larvae feed on Malus domestica, Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cerasifera var.
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Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings are dark fuscous with an ochreous-whitish small basal spot, another on middle of costa, and a larger triangular spot on dorsum before tornus; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description The larvae feed on Castanea sativa, Quercus frainetto, Quercus macranthera, Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens, Quercus pyrenaica, Quercus robur and Quercus rubra.
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Nepticuloidea is a superfamily of usually very small monotrysian moths that are characterised by small or large eyecaps over the compound eyes. It comprises two families, the "pigmy moths" (Nepticulidae), with 12 genera which are very diverse worldwide and are usually leaf miners, and the "white eyecap moths" (Opostegidae), also worldwide but with five genera and about a ninth as many species, whose biology is less well known (Davis, 1999).
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Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes (see also Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). Opostegidae are most diverse in the New World tropics (83 described species, representing 42% of the world total). These small, whitish moths are probably miners in plant stems. Examples of host plants used in Europe are Lycopus, Mentha and Rumex, but their biology is poorly known.
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