| Micropterix montosiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Micropterix |
| Species: | M. montosiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropterix montosiella (Zagulajev, 1983) | |
Micropterix montosiella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Zagulajev in 1983. [1]
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.
Micropterix mansuetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is found primarily in freshwater wetlands and is distributed throughout northern, eastern, central and western Europe. The most southern occurrence is eastern Tyrol in Austria.
Micropterix abchasiae is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Aleksei Zagulyaev in 1983. It is only found in Abkhazia in Georgia.
Micropterix agenjoi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Pierre Viette in 1949.
Micropterix algeriella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889 and is endemic to Algeria.
Micropterix amasiella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Otto Staudinger in 1880, and is endemic to Turkey.
Micropterix amsella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Heath in 1975, and is endemic to Croatia.
Micropterix aureopennella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Heath in 1986, and is known from Algeria.
Micropterix carthaginiensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae, native to Tunisia. It was described by John Heath in 1986. It is found in the marshland on the southern shore of Lake Ichkeul and at Jebel Boukornine, its type locality.
Micropterix completella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1871. It is known from Sardinia.
Micropterix conjunctella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by John Heath in 1986, and is endemic to the type locality at Skikda in Algeria.
Micropterix corcyrella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1919. It is found in Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece.
Micropterix eatoniella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only known from the type locality Annaba in Algeria.
Micropterix erctella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1919. It is endemic to Sicily.
Micropterix facetella is a species of moth belonging to the family —Micropterigidae that was described by Zeller in 1851. Micropterix facetella has a 4 male facetalla to 1 female facetalla ratio and during the mating season female facetella are said to visit a flower, only to eat, and the male facetella are there for the purpose to mate. For the common ratio, the male facetella goes to a near by location that another male facetella was already there as a pursuit of competition. A competition on who will get the female first. That is why there is 4 males facetalla for every 1 female facetella. It is known from Croatia and Slovenia.
Micropterix hartigi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Heath in 1981, and is endemic to Italy.
Micropterix trifasciella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by John Heath in 1965. It is known from the French and Italian Alps, and is known to inhabit herbaceous plants at an elevation range of 1,400–1,900 metres (4,600–6,200 ft). Male Micropterix trifasciella have a wingspan of 3.4–4.7 millimetres (0.13–0.19 in), while females have a wingspan of 4.2–4.8 millimetres (0.17–0.19 in).
Micropterix schaefferi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by John Heath in 1975. Male Micropterix schaefferi have a wingspan of 3.8–5.1 millimetres (0.15–0.20 in), while females have a wingspan of 4.7–5.8 millimetres (0.19–0.23 in). It is known from France, Corsica, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Denmark, and Poland. Moths in this species inhabit woodlands with many beech and coniferous trees, and are also known to inhabit moist ravine forests and dry pine forests.
Micropterix rablensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Zeller in 1868. It is probably restricted to Carinthia in Austria and to the adjacent areas of Styria in Austria and Italy and potentially of Slovenia. Its Croatian, Romanian and French existence is doubtful.
Micropterix zangheriella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Heath in 1963. It is only known from the northern Apennines and has been found only in the Emilia Romagna so far.
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