''Aureopterix'' 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

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s 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 ...

.Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand
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Species

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Aureopterix micans ''Aureopterix micans'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from dense rainforest throughout New Caledonia from Mount Panié to the Rivière Bleue. Adults have been found between mid-October and the end of January. The forewing ...

'' Gibbs, 2010 *''

Aureopterix sterops ''Aureopterix sterops'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, where it is known from northern Queensland, in wet coastal or elevated coastal forest between Mount Finnigan and Kirrama State Forest. The fo ...

'' (Turner, 1921)

References

Micropterigidae Moth genera {{Micropterigidae-stub