''Tasmantrix'' 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 n ...
of small primitive metallic
moth
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 ...
s 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 (Kristens ...
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Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand
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Species
*''Tasmantrix calliplaca
''Tasmantrix calliplaca'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, in coastal rainforest from Finch Hatton Gorge, Eungella Range in Queensland to Elizabeth Beach in New South Wales.
The forewing length is 2.9& ...
'' (Meyrick, 1922)
*''Tasmantrix fragilis
''Tasmantrix fragilis'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae from eastern Australia. It is known only from a single locality in the Shoalhaven catchment in New South Wales
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*''Tasmantrix lunaris
''Tasmantrix lunaris'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, where it is known from two localities in the southern coastal forests of New South Wales
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*''Tasmantrix nigrocornis
''Tasmantrix nigrocornis'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, in coastal rainforests of southern New South Wales
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*''Tasmantrix phalaros
''Tasmantrix phalaros'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, in wet, upland eucalypt forests of northern New South Wales
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*''Tasmantrix tasmaniensis
''Tasmantrix tasmaniensis'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from in wet forests of western Tasmania.
The forewing length is 3.7 mm for males. The forewing ground colour is rich brown with strong coppery-bronze iridescen ...
'' Gibbs, 2010
*''Tasmantrix thula
''Tasmantrix thula'' is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, where it is known from northern Queensland, from Devils Thumb and Mossman Gorge in the north to Mission Beach and from Herberton State Forest to Mis ...
'' Gibbs, 2010
References
Micropterigidae
Moth genera
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