Sabatinca

Sabatinca is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae.^[1][2][3] Palaeomicra and Micropardalis were both established as subgenera of Sabatinca, but were both raised to generic level by Joël Minet in 1985.^[4] However, in 2014 both these genera, Palaeomicra and Micropardalis, were recognised by George Gibbs as synonyms of Sabatinca.^[1] Extinct species in this genus are known from the Cretaceous Burmese amber.^[5]

Sabatinca Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sabatinca lucilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Micropterigidae
Genus:	Sabatinca Walker, 1863
Species
see text.
Synonyms[1]
Palaeomicra Meyrick, 1885 Micropardalis Meyrick, 1912

Selected species

• Sabatinca aemula Philpott, 1924
• Sabatinca aenea Hudson, 1923
• Sabatinca aurantissima Gibbs, 2014
• Sabatinca aurella Hudson, 1918
• Sabatinca bimacula Gibbs, 2014
• Sabatinca calliarcha Meyrick, 1912
• Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912
• Sabatinca chalcophanes (Meyrick, 1885)
• Sabatinca chrysargyra (Meyrick, 1885)
• Sabatinca delobelli Viette, 1978
• Sabatinca demissa Philpott, 1923
• Sabatinca doroxena (Meyrick, 1888)
• Sabatinca heighwayi Philpott, 1927
• Sabatinca ianthina Philpott, 1921
• Sabatinca incongruella Walker, 1863
• Sabatinca lucilia Clarke, 1920
• †Sabatinca perveta (Cockerell, 1919)
• Sabatinca pluvialis Gibbs, 2014
• Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912
• Sabatinca weheka Gibbs, 2014
• †Sabatinca pouilloni Ngô -Muller et al., 2020