Stigmella zangherii (Klimesch, 1951)

Description. Male. Forewing length 2.0-2.4 mm, wingspan 4.2-5.5 mm. Head: frontal tuft brown to black, on frons white to ochreous; collar yellowish white. Scape white. Antenna brown, of 2/3 forewing length, with 31-38 segments. Thorax and forewing dark brown, usually with a pale patch at tornus, but sometimes pale pattern becoming predominant; underside with elongate patch of deep yellow to ochreous white androconial scales, only wingtip without. Hindwing covered on both sides with deep yellow to ochreous white androconial scales. Abdomen dorsally brown, ventrally almost yellowish white, with yellowish white anal tufts inserted on well sclerotized plates.
Female. Forewing length 1.8-2.3 mm; wingspan 3.9-4.9 mm. Antenna with 25-28 segments. As male, but androconial scales and anal tufts absent. Ovipositor slightly pointed.
Male genitalia. Vinculum anteriorly bilobed. Uncus with posterior horns close together, almost parallel or forming a ‘V’. Gnathos with separated posterior processes, usually converging towards tip. Valva with short, curved distal process, about 1/6 of valva length; inner margin evenly curved, not forming a distinct lobe; sublateral processes less than half transtilla length. Aedeagus anteriorly very broad; vesica with single coil anteriorly, some very long and strong curved cornuti following the coil, a large number of smaller cornuti alongside these long ones, following the curvature of the vesica; distally in groups arranged left and right; manica absent.
Female genitalia. Accessory sac with many small spines with short point and fewer long spines posteriorly; ductus spermathecae with about 6 convolutions.