Beschreibung als Stigmella pallida:Scoble, M. J. (1978): Nepticulidae of Southern Africa: a taxonomic revision of the genus Stigmella Schrank (Lepidoptera: Monotrysia). — Annals of the Transvaal Museum 31 (9): 87-131. [PDF auf journals.co.za]
Nomen novum:Scoble, M. J. (1983): A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa. — Transvaal Museum Monograph 2 (1): i-xi, 1–105 [hier p. 16]. — PDFs auf journals.co.za: [i-xi, 1-42], [43-77], [Seiten 78-88 nicht in den PDFs], [89-105]