Micropterigidae

Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristensen, 1999), and the sole superfamily in the suborder Zeugloptera. The name comes from the Greek for mikros, little and pterux, a wing. Unique among the Lepidoptera, these moths have chewing mouthparts rather than a proboscis, and are seen feeding, often in large aggregations, on the pollen of the flowers of many herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees. The fo

Micropterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths, in the family Micropterigidae within the insect order Lepidoptera. The genus was created by the German entomologist Jacob Hübner in 1825 and the name comes from the Greek words mikros, meaning "little" and pterux, meaning "wing". The moths are distributed across Europe, south to North Africa and east as far as Japan.

Paramartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. They occur in southern and eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan.

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Epimartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae.

Sabatinca is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. Palaeomicra and Micropardalis were both established as subgenera of Sabatinca, but were both raised to generic level by Joël Minet in 1985. However, in 2014 both these genera, Palaeomicra and Micropardalis, were recognised by George Gibbs as synonyms of Sabatinca. Extinct species in this genus are known from the Cretaceous Burmese amber.

Agrionympha is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae, and the only described micropterigid genus in Africa.

Palaeomicroides is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. The genus is endemic to Taiwan.

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Issikiomartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae.

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Vietomartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. They occur in Vietnam and southern China.

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Kurokopteryx is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. It was described in 2006 by Hashimoto and is specific to Japan, in the Honshu, Shikoku, and `Kyushu prefectures. Its forewing length is 4.2 to 4.9 millimetres (0.17-0.19) on males and 4.1 to 4.8 millimetres (0.17-0.19) on females.

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Squamicornia is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae.

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Hypomartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. It contains only a single species, Hypomartyria micropteroides. It is known from the Osorno province in Chile.

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