Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristensen, 1999). The name comes from the Greek for mikros, little and pterux, a wing.[2] The fossil record of the group goes back to the middle-late Jurassic with the earliest known species being Auliepterix from the Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan.
Presumed phylogenetic relationships within Micropterigidae based on Gibbs (2010)
Genera
- Micropterix Hübner, 1825
- Epimartyria Walsingham, 1898
- Issikiomartyria Hashimoto, 2006
- Kurokopteryx Hashimoto, 2006
- Micropardalis Meyrick, 1912
- Neomicropteryx Issiki, 1931
- Palaeomicra Meyrick, 1888
- Palaeomicroides Issiki, 1931
- Paramartyria Issiki, 1931
- Vietomartyria Mey, 1997
- Sabatinca Walker, 1863
- Agrionympha Meyrick, 1921
- Hypomartyria Kristensen & Nielsen 1982
- Squamicornia Kristensen & Nielsen, 1982
- Austromartyria Gibbs, 2010
- Tasmantrix Gibbs, 2010
- Zealandopterix Gibbs, 2010
- Aureopterix Gibbs, 2010
- Nannopterix Gibbs, 2010
Extinct genera
- †Archmosaicus Zhang, Deng et Ren, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- † Auliepterix Kozlov, 1989 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian Hotont Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- † Baltimartyria Skalski, 1995 Baltic amber, Eocene
- †Electrocrania Kuznetsov 1941 Baltic amber, Eocene
- † Moleropterix Engel & Kinzelbach, 2008 Fur Formation, Denmark, Ypresian
- † Palaeosabatinca Kozlov, 1989 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
- † Parasabatinca Whalley, 1978 Lebanese amber, Barremian, Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian