Micropterigidae

Micropterigoidea
Micropterix aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Zeugloptera Chapman, 1916 Superfamily: Micropterigoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Family: Micropterigidae Herrich-Schäffer, 18555
Diversity
About 180 species
Genera
Micropterix Hübner, 1825 =Eriocephala J. Curtis, 1839 =Microptericina Zagulajev, 1983 Epimartyria Walsingham, 1898 Issikiomartyria Hashimoto, 2006 Kurokopteryx Hashimoto, 2006 Neomicropteryx Issiki, 1931 Palaeomicroides Issiki, 1931 Paramartyria Issiki, 1931 Vietomartyria Mey, 1997 Sabatinca F. Walker, 1863 =Micropardalis Meyrick, 1912 =Palaeomicra Meyrick, 1888 Agrionympha Meyrick, 1921 Hypomartyria Kristensen & Nielsen 1982 Squamicornia Kristensen & Nielsen, 1982 Parasabatinca Whalley, 1978 [fossil] Baltimartyria Skalski, 1995 [fossil]

Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently 12 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera (Kristensen, 1999).

References

• Kristensen, N.P. (1999). The non-Glossatan Moths. Ch. 4, pp. 41-49 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Sources

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

External links

• Tree of Life

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