Tasmantrix
Encyclopedia
Tasmantrix is a genus
of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae
Micropterigidae
Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera ....
family.
Species
- Tasmantrix calliplacaTasmantrix calliplacaTasmantrix calliplaca is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from eastern Australia, in coastal rainforest from Finch Hatton Gorge, Eungella Range in Queensland to Elizabeth Beach in New South Wales....
(Meyrick, 1922) - Tasmantrix fragilisTasmantrix fragilisTasmantrix fragilis is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from eastern Australia, where it is known only from a single locality in the Shoalhaven catchment in New South Wales....
Gibbs, 2010 - Tasmantrix lunarisTasmantrix lunarisTasmantrix lunaris is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from eastern Australia, where it is known from two localities in the southern coastal forests of New South Wales....
Gibbs, 2010 - Tasmantrix nigrocornisTasmantrix nigrocornisTasmantrix nigrocornis is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from eastern Australia, in coastal rainforests of southern New South Wales from Mount Keira to Mount Dromedary....
Gibbs, 2010 - Tasmantrix phalarosTasmantrix phalarosTasmantrix phalaros is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from eastern Australia, in wet, upland eucalypt forests of northern New South Wales from Minyon Falls to Narara....
Gibbs, 2010 - Tasmantrix tasmaniensisTasmantrix tasmaniensisTasmantrix tasmaniensis is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. 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 iridescence. The basal costal streak is absent but there are four primary...
Gibbs, 2010 - Tasmantrix thulaTasmantrix thulaTasmantrix thula is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from eastern Australia, where it is known from northern Queensland, from Devil’s Thumb and MossmanGorge in the north to Mission Beach and from Herberton State Forest to Mission beach....
Gibbs, 2010