''Neomicropteryx'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of small primitive metallic

moths Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) a ...

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

*'' Neomicropteryx bifurca'' Issiki, 1953 *'' Neomicropteryx cornuta'' Issiki, 1953 *'' Neomicropteryx elongata'' Issiki, 1953 *'' Neomicropteryx kazusana'' Hashimoto, 1992 *'' Neomicropteryx kiwana'' Hashimoto, 2006 *'' Neomicropteryx matsumurana'' Issiki, 1931 *'' Neomicropteryx nipponensis'' Issiki, 1931 *'' Neomicropteryx redacta'' Hashimoto, 2006

Former Species

*'' Neomicropteryx nudata'' Issiki, 1953

References

Micropterigidae Moth genera {{Micropterigidae-stub