''Sabatinca'' 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 ...
.
''
Palaeomicra'' and ''
Micropardalis'' were both established as subgenera of ''Sabatinca'', but were both raised to generic level by
Joël Minet in 1985. However, in 2014 both these genera, ''
Palaeomicra'' and ''
Micropardalis,'' were recognised by
George Gibbs as synonyms of ''Sabatinca.''
Extinct species in this genus are known from the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
Burmese amber.
Selected species
*''Sabatinca aemula''
Philpott, 1924
*''Sabatinca aenea''
Hudson, 1923
*''Sabatinca aurantissima''
Gibbs, 2014
*''Micropardalis aurella, Sabatinca aurella''
Hudson, 1918
*''Sabatinca bimacula''
Gibbs, 2014
*''Sabatinca calliarcha''
Meyrick, 1912
*''Sabatinca caustica''
Meyrick, 1912
*''Sabatinca chalcophanes''
(Meyrick, 1885)
*''Sabatinca chrysargyra''
(Meyrick, 1885)
*''Sabatinca delobelli''
Viette, 1978
*''Sabatinca demissa''
Philpott, 1923
*''Sabatinca doroxena''
(Meyrick, 1888)
*''Sabatinca heighwayi''
Philpott, 1927
*''Sabatinca ianthina''
Philpott, 1921
*''Sabatinca incongruella''
Walker, 1863
*''Sabatinca lucilia''
Clarke, 1920
*†''Sabatinca perveta''
(Cockerell, 1919)
*''Sabatinca pluvialis''
Gibbs, 2014
*''Sabatinca quadrijuga''
Meyrick, 1912
*''Sabatinca weheka''
Gibbs, 2014
*†''Sabatinca pouilloni''
Ngô -Muller et al., 2020
References
Micropterigidae
Moth genera
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