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Micropterix
Micropterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths, in the family Micropterigidae within the insect order Lepidoptera. The genus was created by the German entomologist Jacob Hübner in 1825 and the name comes from the Greek words mikros, meaning "little" and pterux, meaning "wing". The moths are distributed across Europe, south to North Africa and east as far as Japan.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Marsh Marigold Moth
speciesMicropterix calthella
White-barred Gold
speciesMicropterix aruncella
Yellow-barred Gold
speciesMicropterix aureatella
Red-barred Gold
speciesMicropterix tunbergella
Micropterix ibericella
speciesMicropterix ibericella
Micropterix schaefferi
speciesMicropterix schaefferi
Micropterix aglaella
speciesMicropterix aglaella
Micropterix rothenbachii
speciesMicropterix rothenbachii
Micropterix herminiella
speciesMicropterix herminiella
Micropterix allionella
speciesMicropterix allionella
Micropterix cypriensis
speciesMicropterix cypriensis
Black-headed Gold
speciesMicropterix mansuetella
Micropterix maschukella
speciesMicropterix maschukella
Micropterix myrtetella
speciesMicropterix myrtetella
Micropterix osthelderi
speciesMicropterix osthelderi
Micropterix aureoviridella
speciesMicropterix aureoviridella
Micropterix berytella
speciesMicropterix berytella
Micropterix imperfectella
speciesMicropterix imperfectella
Micropterix completella
speciesMicropterix completella
Micropterix granatensis
speciesMicropterix granatensis
Micropterix sicanella
speciesMicropterix sicanella
Micropterix tuscaniensis
speciesMicropterix tuscaniensis
Micropterix trinacriella
speciesMicropterix trinacriella
Micropterix stuebneri
speciesMicropterix stuebneri
Micropterix vulturensis
speciesMicropterix vulturensis
Micropterix elegans
speciesMicropterix elegans
Micropterix rablensis
speciesMicropterix rablensis
Micropterix klimeschi
speciesMicropterix klimeschi
Micropterix hartigi
speciesMicropterix hartigi
Micropterix amsella
speciesMicropterix amsella
Micropterix cassinella
speciesMicropterix cassinella
Micropterix algeriella
speciesMicropterix algeriella
Micropterix facetella
speciesMicropterix facetella
Micropterix kardamylensis
speciesMicropterix kardamylensis
Micropterix trifasciella
speciesMicropterix trifasciella
Micropterix constantinella
speciesMicropterix constantinella
Micropterix renatae
speciesMicropterix renatae
Micropterix fenestrellensis
speciesMicropterix fenestrellensis
Micropterix igaloensis
speciesMicropterix igaloensis
Micropterix huemeri
speciesMicropterix huemeri
Micropterix purpureopennella
speciesMicropterix purpureopennella
Micropterix islamella
speciesMicropterix islamella
Micropterix gaudiella
speciesMicropterix gaudiella
Micropterix erctella
speciesMicropterix erctella
Micropterix uxoria
speciesMicropterix uxoria
Micropterix zangheriella
speciesMicropterix zangheriella
Micropterix italica
speciesMicropterix italica
Micropterix garganoensis
speciesMicropterix garganoensis
Micropterix emiliensis
speciesMicropterix emiliensis
Micropterix minimella
speciesMicropterix minimella
Micropterix isobasella
speciesMicropterix isobasella
Micropterix paykullella
speciesMicropterix paykullella
Micropterix lakoniensis
speciesMicropterix lakoniensis
Micropterix corcyrella
speciesMicropterix corcyrella
Micropterix wockei
speciesMicropterix wockei
Micropterix croatica
speciesMicropterix croatica
Micropterix eatoniella
speciesMicropterix eatoniella
Micropterix lambesiella
speciesMicropterix lambesiella
Micropterix montosiella
speciesMicropterix montosiella
Micropterix monticolella
speciesMicropterix monticolella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 325618.