''Epimartyria'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of small primitive metallic
moths in the family
Micropterigidae
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 (Kristense ...
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Species
*''Epimartyria auricrinella
''Epimartyria auricrinella'' (goldcap moss-eater moth) is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham. It is known from the eastern parts of the United States (from Maine to Michigan and south to ...
'' Walsingham, 1898
*'' Epimartyria bimaculella'' Davis & Landry, 2012
*''Epimartyria pardella
''Epimartyria pardella'' is a species of moth belonging to the Micropterigidae family. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1880. Its wingspan is 10–11 mm with a metallic brown forewing featuring three distinctive gold s ...
'' (Walsingham, 1880)
References
Micropterigidae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
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