Stigmella macrolepidella (Klimesch, 1978)

Description. Male. Forewing length 1.8-2.1 mm, wingspan 3.9-4.7 mm. Head: frontal tuft bicolorous: on crown almost black, on frons yellowish white; collar white. Scape white. Antenna white, relatively long, almost 3/4 forewing length, with 31-41 segments. Thorax and forewing ground colour yellowish white, partly covered with coarse dark brown scales, leaving extensive pale patches, in particular a basal spot, a large costal spot before middle and an elongated dorsal stripe beyond midlength, but occasionally almost completely dark, cilia pale yellow; underside grey-brown with darker margins, no androconial scales. Hindwing grey, no androconial scales. Abdomen almost completely yellowish white to grey, with whitish anal tufts inserted on well sclerotized plates, genitalia narrow.
Female. Forewing length 1.8-2.1 mm; wingspan 3.8-4.6 mm. Antenna shorter, with 25-31 segments. As male, but forewing usually with more distinct pattern than male, abdomen pale, with remarkable protruding ovipositor, no anal tufts.
Male genitalia. Vinculum anteriorly slightly bilobed. Uncus with posterior processes well separated, each bilobed. Gnathos with separated slender posterior processes. Valva without distal process, inner margin with a slight bulge in middle, valval tip at inner side dentate, ending in ca 2 teeth; sublateral processes less than half transtilla length. Aedeagus cylindrical; vesica with ca 3-4 long and strong cornuti anteriorly, slightly curved at tip, of about half aedeagus length, a large number of smaller cornuti and in posterior half longer needle like ones; near phallotrema one big triangular tooth at right side; manica small, only covering distal 1/3 of aedeagus, covered with small spines.
Female genitalia. Apophyses long and slender, forming a protruding ovipositor. Accessory sac almost globular, in posterior half with 3-4 more or less wrinkled sclerotizations set with numerous spines of varying size; ductus spermathecae with 4-5 convolutions after a long straight part.