Sabatinca

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Kingdom Animalia Family Micropterigidae Rank Genus		Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths
Similar Butterflies and moths, Micropterix, Micropterigidae, Zeugloptera, Agathiphaga

Sabatinca is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae. Palaeomicra and Micropardalis were both established as subgenera of Sabatinca, but were both raised to generic level by Minet in 1985.

Selected species

Sabatinca aemula Philpott, 1924

Sabatinca aenea Hudson, 1923

Sabatinca aurantiaca Philpott, 1924

Sabatinca barbarica Philpott, 1918

Sabatinca calliarcha Meyrick, 1912

Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912

Sabatinca chalcophanes (Meyrick, 1886)

Sabatinca chrysargyra (Meyrick, 1886)

Sabatinca delobelli Viette, 1978

Sabatinca demissa Philpott, 1923

Sabatinca heighwayi Philpott, 1927

Sabatinca ianthina Philpott, 1921

Sabatinca incongruella Walker, 1863

Sabatinca lucilia Clarke, 1920

Sabatinca passalota Meyrick, 1923

†Sabatinca perveta (Cockerell, 1919)

Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912

References

Sabatinca Wikipedia

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