Micropterix
| Micropterix | |
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| Micropterix aureatella (Scopoli, 1763) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Micropterix Hübner, 1825 |
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Micropterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae that is distributed across Europe south to North Africa and east as far as Japan. It contains the species:
- Micropterix abchasiae
- Micropterix agenjoi
- Micropterix aglaella
- Micropterix algeriella
- Micropterix allionella
- Micropterix amasiella
- Micropterix amsella
- †Micropterix anglica
- Micropterix aruncella
- Micropterix aureatella
- Micropterix aureocapilla
- Micropterix aureofasciella
- Micropterix aureopennella
- Micropterix aureoviridella
- Micropterix avarcella
- Micropterix balcanica Heath (manuscript name)
- Micropterix berytella
- Micropterix calthella
- Micropterix carthaginiensis
- Micropterix cassinella
- Micropterix completella
- Micropterix conjunctella
- Micropterix constantinella
- Micropterix corcyrella
- Micropterix cornuella
- Micropterix croatica
- Micropterix cyaneochrysa
- Micropterix cypriensis
- Micropterix eatoniella
- Micropterix elegans
- Micropterix emiliensis
- Micropterix erctella
- Micropterix facetella
- Micropterix fasciata Heath (manuscript name)
- Micropterix fenestrellensis
- Micropterix garganoensis
- †Micropterix gertraudae
- Micropterix granatensis
- Micropterix hartigi
- Micropterix herminiella
- Micropterix huemeri
- Micropterix hyrcana
- Micropterix ibericella
- Micropterix igaloensis
- †Micropterix immensipalpa
- Micropterix imperfectella
- Micropterix inornatus Heath (manuscript name)
- Micropterix islamella
- Micropterix isobasella
- Micropterix italica
- Micropterix jacobella
- (Micropterix jeanneli) (either treated as a synonym or valid species)
- Micropterix kardamylensis
- Micropterix klimeschi
- Micropterix lagodechiella
- Micropterix lakoniensis
- Micropterix lambesiella
- Micropterix longicornuella
- Micropterix mansuetella
- Micropterix maschukella
- Micropterix minimella
- Micropterix montanella
- Micropterix monticolella
- Micropterix montosiella
- Micropterix myrtetella
- Micropterix osthelderi
- Micropterix paykullella
- Micropterix purpureopennella
- Micropterix rablensis
- Micropterix renatae
- Micropterix rothenbachii
- Micropterix schaefferi
- Micropterix sicanella
- Micropterix sikhotealinensis
- Micropterix staudinger Heath (manuscript name)
- Micropterix trifasciella
- Micropterix trinacriella
- Micropterix tunbergella
- Micropterix turkmeniella
- Micropterix tuscaniensis
- Micropterix uxoria
- Micropterix vulturensis
- Micropterix wockei
- Micropterix zangheriella
External links
- Micropterigidae at Fauna Europaea
- Micropterix at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Micropterix at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
Data related to Micropterix at Wikispecies