MICROPTERIGOIDEA
(jawed micro-moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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MICROPTERIGIDAE
jawed micro-moths
Family 2 subtaxa 26 images
Micropterix
jawed micro-moths
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 26 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyMICROPTERIGOIDEA (jawed micro-moths)
SuborderZEUGLOPTERA (jawed micro-moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1983 Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae (vol 1) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 1, 343pp, Harley Books

MICROPTERIGOIDEA (jawed micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MICROPTERIGOIDEA (jawed micro-moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MICROPTERIGOIDEA (jawed micro-moths)
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