Aureopterix

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Zeugloptera
Superfamilia: Micropterigoidea

Familia: Micropterigidae
Genus: Aureopterix
Species (2): A. micans – A. sterops
Name

Aureopterix Gibbs, 2010
Type species: Sabatinca sterops Turner, 1922
Fixation: original designation
ZooBank: 70D8C2E1-7434-4CC4-B6BD-74CCDE388FB8

References
Primary references

Gibbs, G.W. 2010: Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 2520: 1–48. Preview Reference page.

Aureopterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae.[1]
Species

Aureopterix micans Gibbs, 2010
Aureopterix sterops (Turner, 1921)

References

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