Genus Stefaniella Kieffer, 1898

Stefaniella is an Old-World genus of the tribe Lasiopterini, comprising 9 described species (Gagné 2004) of very uniform morphology, all but one develop in Atriplex spp. ( Chenopodiaceae) in Central Asia and the Mediterranean basin. The female ovipositor is characterized by a straight, posteriorly pointed aculeus, a rectangular apical lamella, and a lateral plate that bears short setae. Palpus is two-segmented, and larvae have a bilobed spatula.