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Micropterigidae
Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera (Kristensen, 1999).
17 branches of this family, most-observed first
Micropterix
genusMicropterix
Sabatinca
genusSabatinca
Epimartyria
genusEpimartyria
Tasmantrix
genusTasmantrix
Zealandopterix
genusZealandopterix
Neomicropteryx
genusNeomicropteryx
Aureopterix
genusAureopterix
Palaeomicroides
genusPalaeomicroides
Paramartyria
genusParamartyria
Jaw Moths
genusAgrionympha
Hypomartyria
genusHypomartyria
Squamicornia
genusSquamicornia
Vietomartyria
genusVietomartyria
Issikiomartyria
genusIssikiomartyria
Kurokopteryx
genusKurokopteryx
Austromartyria
genusAustromartyria
Melinopteryx
genusMelinopteryx
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173650.