| Higher taxa: | Nepticulidae (family)/ Stigmellinae (subfamily)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Nepticulinae |
| Authorship: | Scoble, 1983 |
| Citation: | Stigmellinae subfam. nov. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type genus: Stigmella Schrank, 1802. Fauna Boica 2: 169. By original designation. |
| Publication: | Scoble M. J. 1983. A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa. |
| Journal: | Transvaal Museum Monograph |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 13–14 |