Micropterix


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. The name comes from the Greek for mikros, little and pterux, a wing.

Description

Mandibles developed. No tongue. Labial palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae with spurs placed in groups of bristles. Forewings : vein 7 to costa, vein 11 connected by bar with vein 12, 12 giving rise to an additional vein about middle. Hindwings as forewings, but vein 13 usually absent.

Species

It contains the species: