Micronoctua
Encyclopedia
Micronoctua is a genus
of moth
s of the Micronoctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Micronoctuidae
Micronoctuidae
The Micronoctuidae are a family of moths that includes about 400 described species. The family was first described in 2005.Micronoctua karsholti is the smallest of all species in the Noctuoidea superfamily.-Taxonomic History:...
family.
Former species
- Micronoctua occiMicronoctua occiParens occi is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from the southern part of the Russian Far East to north-eastern, central and eastern China, North Korea and South Korea and Jeju Island. In Japan it known from the Tsushima Islands in the Korean Strait and Honshu.Adults are on wing...
is now Parens occi (Fibiger & Kononenko, 2008)