''Paramartyria'' is a
genus of small primitive metallic
moths
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 ...
in the family
Micropterigidae.
They occur in southern and eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan.
Species
There are eight species:
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Paramartyria anmashana
''Paramartyria anmashana'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was species description, described in 2000 and is only known from Taiwan. The type series was collected at an elevation of above sea level on Anmashan (=M ...
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Hashimoto, 2000
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Paramartyria bimaculella
''Paramartyria bimaculella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Syuti Issiki in 1931. It is endemic to Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at th ...
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Issiki, 1931
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Paramartyria chekiangella
''Paramartyria chekiangella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kaltenbach and Speidel, in 1982. It is endemic to China and known from West Tianmu Mountain, its type locality in the Zhejiang
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Kaltenbach & Speidel, 1982
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Paramartyria cipingana
''Paramartyria cipingana'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described in 1980. It is known from the Jinggang Mountains in Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked ...
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Yang, 1980
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Paramartyria immaculatella
''Paramartyria immaculatella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Syuti Issiki in 1931. It is known from Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird o ...
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Issiki, 1931
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Paramartyria maculatella
''Paramartyria maculatella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Syuti Issiki in 1931. It is endemic to Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at th ...
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Issiki, 1931
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Paramartyria ovalella
''Paramartyria ovalella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Syuti Issiki in 1931. It is endemic to Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the j ...
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Issiki, 1931
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Paramartyria semifasciella
''Paramartyria semifasciella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Syuti Issiki in 1931. It is known from Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in ...
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Issiki, 1931
References
Micropterigidae
Moth genera
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