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Micropterigidae

Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of 'mandibulate archaic moths', all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera (Kristensen, 1999).

[ "Lepidoptera genitalia", "Genus", "Issikiomartyria", "Zeugloptera", "Sabatinca", "Micropterix", "Micropterix calthella" ]
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