Micropterix calthella (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Plain Gold)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicropterix calthella (Plain Gold)
GenusMicropterix (jawed micro-moths)
FamilyMICROPTERIGIDAE (jawed micro-moths)
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)
Records of Micropterix calthella (Plain Gold) :
1: Micropterix calthella (Plain Gold)
20 May 2004 OSGR: SX76 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
several moths in each of several Creeping Buttercup flowers
Image 1: Mating pair - enlargedImage 2: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlargedImage 3: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (2)Image 4: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (3)Image 5: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (4)Image 6: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (5)Image 7: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (6)Image 8: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (7)Image 9: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (8)Image 10: Visiting Creeping Buttercup - enlarged (9)
2: Micropterix calthella (Plain Gold)
28 May 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, found indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view - magnified (3)
3: Micropterix calthella (Plain Gold)
11 May 2002 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on flowers of Creeping Buttercup
Image 1: Five mothsImage 2: PairingImage 3: Pairing (2)Image 4: Three mothsImage 5: Three moths (2)Image 6: Three moths (3)Image 7: Three moths on flowerImage 8: Top viewImage 9: Two moths

Micropterix calthella (Plain Gold) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Micropterix calthella (Plain Gold)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Micropterix calthella (Plain Gold)
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