"Micropteryx" redirects here. For the defunct legume genus, see Erythrina.
Micropterix
Micropterix aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Micropterigidae
Genus:
Micropterix Hübner, 1825
Species
See text
Synonyms
Micropteryx Zeller, 1839
Eriocephala Curtis, 1839
Microptericina Zagulajev, 1983
Micropterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths, in the family Micropterigidae within the insect order Lepidoptera. The name was raised by the German entomologist, Jacob Hübner in 1825 and comes from the Greek for mikros, little and pterux, a wing.[1] The moths are distributed across Europe, south to North Africa and east as far as Japan.
^Smith, Frank. "Microlepidoptera (Micro-Moths)" (PDF). Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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