| 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, 1855 | | Genus | - Micropterix Hübner, 1825
- 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
- Agrionympha Meyrick, 1921
- Hypomartyria Kristensen & Nielsen 1982
- Squamicornia Kristensen & Nielsen, 1982
- Parasabatinca Whalley, 1978 [fossil]
- Baltimartyria Skalski, 1995 [fossil]
- Moleropterix Engel & Kinzelbach, 2008 [fossil]
| | Diversity | | About 180 species | 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). [edit] References - Kristensen, N. P. and E. S. Nielsen. 1979. A new subfamily of micropterigid moths from South America. A contribution to the morphology and phylogeny of the Micropterigidae, with a generic catalogue of the family (Lepidoptera: Zeugloptera). Steenstrupia 5(7):69-147.
- 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.
[edit] Sources - Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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