Micropterix
Encyclopedia
Micropterix is a genus
of small primitive metallic moths in the insect
order
Lepidoptera
within the family
Micropterigidae
that is distributed across Europe
south to North Africa
and east as far as Japan
. It contains the species:
Genus
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of small primitive metallic moths in the insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
order
Order (biology)
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
within the family
Family (biology)
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Micropterigidae
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 ....
that is distributed across Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
south to North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
and east as far as Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It contains the species:
- Micropterix abchasiaeMicropterix abchasiaeMicropterix abchasiae is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zagulajev in 1983. It is only known from Abchasia in Georgia....
- Micropterix agenjoiMicropterix agenjoiMicropterix agenjoi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Viette in 1949....
- Micropterix aglaellaMicropterix aglaellaMicropterix aglaella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae.-General information:Adela aglaella Duponchel, 1840: 627: According to Minet the year of description has to be corrected to 1840 .Type locality: Central and Southern France Micropterix aglaella is a species of moth...
- Micropterix algeriellaMicropterix algeriellaMicropterix algeriella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Ragonot in 1889. It is known from Algeria....
- Micropterix allionellaMicropterix allionellaMicropterix allionella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and former Yugoslavia....
- Micropterix amasiellaMicropterix amasiellaMicropterix amasiella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1880. It is known from Turkey....
- Micropterix amsellaMicropterix amsellaMicropterix amsella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1975. It is known from Croatia.The wingspan is 6-8 mm....
- †Micropterix anglicaMicropterix anglicaMicropterix anglica is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Jarzembowski in 1980.Fossil remains, dated to the Oligocene, have been found on the Isle of Wight. The single known specimen consists of the greater part of a forewing, original length...
- Micropterix aruncellaMicropterix aruncellaMicropterix aruncella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. This is one of the best known members of the family, being found in a wide range of habitats from sea level to over 2000 m. The only habitat not favoured by this species is dense woodland...
- Micropterix aureatellaMicropterix aureatellaMicropterix aureatella is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone except North Africa.The wingspan is 9-11 mm...
- Micropterix aureocapillaMicropterix aureocapillaMicropterix aureocapilla is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is known only of the type locality El Hadjar in Algeria....
- Micropterix aureofasciellaMicropterix aureofasciellaMicropterix aureofasciella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only known from Algeria, where it occurs along the coastal belt from Algiers to Philippeville....
- Micropterix aureopennellaMicropterix aureopennellaMicropterix aureopennella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is known from Algeria.The wingspan is about 7,4 mm....
- Micropterix aureoviridellaMicropterix aureoviridellaMicropterix aureoviridella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is found in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.The wingspan is about 7 mm...
- ?Micropterix balcanica Heath
- Micropterix berytellaMicropterix berytellaMicropterix berytella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is known from Israel. It was described by Joannis in 1886....
- Micropterix calthellaMicropterix calthellaThe Marsh Marygold Moth is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is found in damp habitats throughout Europe and is also distributed eastwards to central Siberia....
- Micropterix carthaginiensisMicropterix carthaginiensisMicropterix carthaginiensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only kwown from Tunisia, where it occurs in the marshland on the southern shore of Garaet Achkel and at the type locality Djebel Bou Kournine....
- Micropterix cassinellaMicropterix cassinellaMicropterix cassinella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kurz, M. A., M. E. Kurz & Zeller in 2010. It is only known from Italy. To present, it is only known from the provinces of Lazio and Campagna in the central Apennines.Adults are on wing from May...
- Micropterix completellaMicropterix completellaMicropterix completella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1871. It is known from Sardinia.-External links:*...
- Micropterix conjunctellaMicropterix conjunctellaMicropterix conjunctella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only known from the type locality at Skikda in Algeria....
- Micropterix constantinellaMicropterix constantinellaMicropterix constantinella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only known from Algeria, whee it has been found near Skikda....
- Micropterix corcyrellaMicropterix corcyrellaMicropterix corcyrella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1919...
- Micropterix cornuellaMicropterix cornuellaMicropterix cornuella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Lees, Rougerie, Zeller & Kristensen in 2010. It is only known from the type locality in northern India....
- Micropterix croaticaMicropterix croaticaMicropterix croatica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath & Kaltenbach, 1984. It is known from Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.The wingspan is 6.4-6.7 mm....
- Micropterix cyaneochrysaMicropterix cyaneochrysaMicropterix cyaneochrysa is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1907. It is known from Algeria....
- Micropterix cypriensisMicropterix cypriensisMicropterix cypriensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1985. It is known from Cyprus.-External links:*...
- Micropterix eatoniellaMicropterix eatoniellaMicropterix eatoniella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only known from the type locality Annaba in Algeria....
- Micropterix elegansMicropterix elegansMicropterix elegans is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Stainton in 1867. It is known from Israel....
- Micropterix emiliensisMicropterix emiliensisMicropterix emiliensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Viette in 1950. It is known from Italy.-External links:*...
- Micropterix erctellaMicropterix erctellaMicropterix erctella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1919. It is known from Sicily.The wingspan is about 7 mm for males and 6 mm for females....
- Micropterix facetellaMicropterix facetellaMicropterix facetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zeller in 1851. It is known from Croatia and Slovenia....
- ?Micropterix fasciata Heath
- Micropterix fenestrellensisMicropterix fenestrellensisMicropterix fenestrellensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath and Kaltenbach in 1984. It is known from Italy.The length of the forewings is 3.3 mm for males and 3–3.2 mm for females....
- Micropterix garganoensisMicropterix garganoensisMicropterix garganoensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1960. It is known from Italy....
- †Micropterix gertraudaeMicropterix gertraudaeMicropterix gertraudae is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kurz M. A & M. E. Kurz in 2010. It is only known from the single type specimen in Baltic amber, which has been mined at Palmnicken near Kaliningrad....
- Micropterix granatensisMicropterix granatensisMicropterix granatensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1981. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula....
- Micropterix hartigiMicropterix hartigiMicropterix hartigi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1981. It is known from Italy....
- Micropterix herminiellaMicropterix herminiellaMicropterix herminiella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Corley in 2007. It is only known from northern Portugal....
- Micropterix huemeriMicropterix huemeriMicropterix huemeri is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kurz, Kurz & Zeller in 2004. It is probably endemic of the geologically isolated region of the Marguareis in France....
- Micropterix hyrcanaMicropterix hyrcanaMicropterix hyrcana is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zagulajev in 1993. It is only known from Hyrcanian woods along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea from Azerbaijan to the Iranian province Golestan....
- Micropterix ibericellaMicropterix ibericellaMicropterix ibericella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Caradja in 1920. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula....
- Micropterix igaloensisMicropterix igaloensisMicropterix igaloensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Amsel in 1951. It is only known from Montenegro.The length of the forewings is about 4 mm....
- †Micropterix immensipalpaMicropterix immensipalpaMicropterix immensipalpa is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kuznezov in 1941. It is only known from the single type specimen in Baltic amber....
- Micropterix imperfectellaMicropterix imperfectellaMicropterix imperfectella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1859. It is known from Spain.The wingspan is 6-8 mm.-External links:*...
- ?Micropterix inornatus Heath
- Micropterix islamellaMicropterix islamellaMicropterix islamella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Amsel in 1935. It is known from Palestine....
- Micropterix isobasellaMicropterix isobasellaMicropterix isobasella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It has a restricted alpine distribution in southern Switzerland and northern Italy...
- Micropterix italicaMicropterix italicaMicropterix italica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1981. It is known from Italy....
- Micropterix jacobellaMicropterix jacobellaMicropterix jacobella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1901. It is known from Morocco and Tunisia and is probably also present in Algeria.The wingspan is about 7.5 mm....
- (Micropterix jeanneli) (either treated as a synonym or valid species)
- Micropterix kardamylensisMicropterix kardamylensisMicropterix kardamylensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1903. It is found in the southern Peloponnese in Greece...
- Micropterix klimeschiMicropterix klimeschiMicropterix klimeschi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1973. It is known from Rhodos and Turkey.The wingspan is 6.3-8.8 mm.It was reported on Pistacia lentiscus.-Subspecies:...
- Micropterix lagodechiellaMicropterix lagodechiellaMicropterix lagodechiella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zagulajev in 1987....
- Micropterix lakoniensisMicropterix lakoniensisMicropterix lakoniensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1985. It is known from Greece....
- Micropterix lambesiellaMicropterix lambesiellaMicropterix lambesiella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Viette in 1949. It is known from north-eastern Algeria.The wingspan is 4.2-4.5 mm....
- Micropterix mansuetellaMicropterix mansuetellaMicropterix mansuetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is found primarily in freshwater wetlands and is distributed throughout northern, eastern, central and western Europe...
- Micropterix maschukellaMicropterix maschukellaMicropterix maschukella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Alphéraky in 1870. It is found in Armenia and the Crimea Peninsula.The wingspan is 6.8-8 mm for males and 7.3-9.4 mm for females....
- Micropterix minimellaMicropterix minimellaMicropterix minimella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1973. It is known from Mallorca.The wingspan is 3.8 mm for males and 3.6 mm for females.It was found near Brachypodium ramosum....
- Micropterix montanellaMicropterix montanellaMicropterix montanella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zagulajev in 1983. It is known from Abchasia, Georgia, including the Autonomous Republic of Adjara and along the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea....
- Micropterix monticolellaMicropterix monticolellaMicropterix monticolella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kozlov, in 1982. It is known from the Caucasus.The wingspan is about 8.8 mm....
- Micropterix montosiellaMicropterix montosiellaMicropterix montosiella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zagulajev in 1983....
- Micropterix myrtetellaMicropterix myrtetellaMicropterix myrtetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1850. It is found in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and...
- ?Micropterix octopunctelia
- Micropterix osthelderiMicropterix osthelderiMicropterix osthelderi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1975. It is known from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Denmark....
- Micropterix paykullellaMicropterix paykullellaMicropterix paykullella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Fabricius in 1794. It is distributed locally across the whole Alps, occurring in France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.The wingspan is 9–13 mm...
- Micropterix purpureopennellaMicropterix purpureopennellaMicropterix purpureopennella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is known from Algeria....
- Micropterix rablensisMicropterix rablensisMicropterix rablensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zeller in 1868. It is probably restricted to Carinthia in Austria and to the adjacent areas of Styria in Austria and Italy and potentially of Slovenia....
- Micropterix renataeMicropterix renataeMicropterix renatae is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kurz, Kurz & Zeller in 1997. It is known from the Ligurian Alps, as well as the northern Apennine Mountains .The habitat consists of edges of dense, deciduous shrubland and tall herb vegetation.The...
- Micropterix rothenbachiiMicropterix rothenbachiiMicropterix rothenbachii is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Frey in 1856. It is known from Italy, Sicily, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia and Slovenia....
- Micropterix schaefferiMicropterix schaefferiMicropterix schaefferi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1975. Male Micropterix schaefferi have a wingspan of 3.8–5.1 millimetres, while females have a wingspan of 4.7–5.8 millimetres...
- Micropterix sicanellaMicropterix sicanellaMicropterix sicanella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zeller in 1847. It is known from mainland Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica.Adults have been found feeding on blossoms of Cistus salviifolius....
- ?Micropterix staudinger Heath
- Micropterix trifasciellaMicropterix trifasciellaMicropterix trifasciella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by heath in 1965. It is known from the French and Italian Alps, and is known to inhabit herbacious plants at an elevation range of 1400-1900 metres. Male Micropterix trifasciella have a wingspan...
- Micropterix trinacriellaMicropterix trinacriellaMicropterix trinacriella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kurz, M. E., Zeller & M. A. Kurz in 1997. It is only known from the area near the northern shore of Sicily, as well as in the surrounding of Mount Etna.The length of the forewings is 2.6-3.1...
- Micropterix tunbergellaMicropterix tunbergellaMicropterix tunbergella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Finland.The wingspan is 8-11 mm...
- Micropterix turkmeniellaMicropterix turkmeniellaMicropterix turkmeniella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kuznetsov in 1960. It is known from Turkmenistan....
- Micropterix tuscaniensisMicropterix tuscaniensisMicropterix tuscaniensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1960. It is only known from Italy, where it has been found in the provinces of Tuscany, Calabria, Puglia and Basilicata...
- Micropterix uxoriaMicropterix uxoriaMicropterix uxoria is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1919. It is only known from Sicily....
- Micropterix vulturensisMicropterix vulturensisMicropterix vulturensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1981. It is widely distributed in the central and southern Apennines....
- Micropterix wockeiMicropterix wockeiMicropterix wockei is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1871. It is known from Greece.The length of the forewings is 3.4 mm for males and 4.2 mm for females....
- Micropterix zangheriellaMicropterix zangheriellaMicropterix zangheriella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1963. It is only known from the northern Apennines and has been found only in the Emilia Romagna so far....