Micropterix
Genus of moths in family Micropterigidae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Micropteryx" redirects here. For the defunct legume genus, see Erythrina.
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.
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Micropterix aureatella (Scopoli, 1763) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Micropterigidae |
Genus: | Micropterix Hübner, 1825 |
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