# Stigmella barbata

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***Stigmella barbata*** is a [moth](/source/Moth) of the family [Nepticulidae](/source/Nepticulidae). It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 2000 and is known from [Las Cuevas, Belize](/source/Las_Cuevas,_Belize) where it is found in [Chiquibul Forest Reserve](/source/Chiquibul_National_Park). [Formally described](/source/Species_description) by Rimantas Puplesis and Gaden S. Robinson in 2000, it is endemic to Belize. It is known from the [Chiquibul Forest Reserve](/source/Chiquibul_Forest_Reserve) in the Cayo District. It is a small species, with males having a wingspan of 4.4-4.5 mm in and a forewing length of 1.9-2.0 mm in.

## Taxonomy

*Stigmella barbata* was [formally described](/source/Species_description) in 2000 by Rimantas Puplesis and Gaden S. Robinson based on an adult male specimen collected from the [Chiquibul Forest Reserve](/source/Chiquibul_Forest_Reserve) in the [Cayo District](/source/Cayo_District) of Belize.[1] It is part of the *S. barbata* species group within the genus.[2]

## Description

*Stigmella barbata* is a small species, with males having a wingspan of 4.4-4.5 mm in and a forewing length of 1.9-2.0 mm in. The forewing is brown with a slight golden shine. The cilia of the forewing are brown, with a similarly colored undersurface to the forewing. The hindwing is brown with similarly colored cilia. The thorax and tegulae are also brown in colour. The abdomen is fuscous above and cream-brown below. The head has cream palps and a brown frontal tuft. The legs are cream-coloured and the antennae are brown.[1]

## Distribution

*Stigmella barbata* is endemic to Belize, where it is known from the Las Cuevas Biological Station in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in the Cayo District.[1]

## References

1. Puplesis, Rimantas & Robinson, Gaden S. (2000). ["A review of the Central and South American Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with special reference to Belize"](https://biostor.org/reference/111688). *Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Entomology Series*. **69**: 3–114.

1. Puplesis, Rimantas; DišKus, Arunas; Robinson, Gaden S.; Onore, Giovanni (2002). ["A review and checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera)"](http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0968045402000032). *Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Entomology Series*. **71** (01). [doi:10.1017/S0968045402000032](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968045402000032). [ISSN 0968-0454](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0968-0454)

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