🦋 Family

Micropterigidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Micropterigidae

Micropterix ibericella is a micropterigid moth species described by Caradja in 1920, known from the Iberian Peninsula.

Micropterix calthella is a small European moth species with distinct coloration across its life stages.

Micropterix aureatella is a moth species with defined wing and body markings, where adults eat flower pollen and the pupa is unknown.

Micropterix tunbergella is a small day-active moth found across most of Europe that feeds on pollen of various flowering plants.

Micropterix aruncella is a small moth found across most of mainland Europe that feeds on flower pollen as an adult.

Micropterix schaefferi is a micropterigid moth described in 1975, found across parts of Europe in multiple forest types.

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