''Sabatinca'' 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 ...
.
''
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 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...
.
Selected species
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Sabatinca aemula''
Philpott, 1924
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Sabatinca aenea''
Hudson, 1923
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Sabatinca aurantissima''
Gibbs, 2014
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Sabatinca aurella''
Hudson, 1918
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Sabatinca bimacula''
Gibbs, 2014
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Sabatinca calliarcha''
Meyrick, 1912
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Sabatinca caustica
''Sabatinca caustica'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in both Southland and at Stewart Island / Rakiura. The adults of this spec ...
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Meyrick, 1912
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Sabatinca chalcophanes''
(Meyrick, 1885)
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Sabatinca chrysargyra''
(Meyrick, 1885)
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Sabatinca delobelli''
Viette, 1978
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Sabatinca demissa''
Philpott, 1923
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Sabatinca doroxena''
(Meyrick, 1888)
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Sabatinca heighwayi''
Philpott, 1927
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Sabatinca ianthina''
Philpott, 1921
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Sabatinca incongruella
''Sabatinca incongruella'' is a species of moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and is found only in the northern parts of the South Island. It is a day flying moth and is on the wing from mid January until ...
''
Walker, 1863
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Sabatinca lucilia
''Sabatinca lucilia'' is a species of moth in the family Micropterigidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and is found in the top half of the North Island. The adults of this species are on the wing from the end of November until the begi ...
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Clarke, 1920
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Sabatinca perveta
''Sabatinca perveta'' is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is known only from the single type specimen, which has been found in Burmese amber in present-day Myanmar. It dates to the earliest Cenomanian, around ...
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(Cockerell, 1919)
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Sabatinca pluvialis
''Sabatinca pluvialis'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is only known from Secretary Island. Adults of this species are on the wing from the middle of December until the middle of Jan ...
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Gibbs, 2014
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Sabatinca quadrijuga
''Sabatinca quadrijuga'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. This species is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and is found in the Dunedin, Dunedin area and in Southland, New Zealand, Southland. The range of ''S. quadriju ...
''
Meyrick, 1912
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Sabatinca weheka
''Sabatinca'' is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. ''Palaeomicra'' and ''Micropardalis'' were both established as subgenera of ''Sabatinca'', but were both raised to generic level by Joël Minet in 1985. Howe ...
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Gibbs, 2014
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Sabatinca pouilloni''
Ngô -Muller et al., 2020
References
Micropterigidae
Moth genera
{{Micropterigidae-stub