Micropterigidae
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 Micropterix aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
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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. (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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