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. 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 Burmese amber.
Selected species
- Sabatinca aemula <small>Philpott, 1924</small>
- Sabatinca aenea <small>Hudson, 1923</small>
- Sabatinca aurantissima <small>Gibbs, 2014</small>
- Sabatinca aurella <small>Hudson, 1918</small>
- Sabatinca bimacula <small>Gibbs, 2014</small>
- Sabatinca calliarcha <small>Meyrick, 1912</small>
- Sabatinca caustica <small>Meyrick, 1912</small>
- Sabatinca chalcophanes <small>(Meyrick, 1885)</small>
- Sabatinca chrysargyra <small>(Meyrick, 1885)</small>
- Sabatinca delobelli <small>Viette, 1978</small>
- Sabatinca demissa <small>Philpott, 1923</small>
- Sabatinca doroxena <small>(Meyrick, 1888)</small>
- Sabatinca heighwayi <small>Philpott, 1927</small>
- Sabatinca ianthina <small>Philpott, 1921</small>
- Sabatinca incongruella <small>Walker, 1863</small>
- Sabatinca lucilia <small>Clarke, 1920</small>
- â Sabatinca perveta <small>(Cockerell, 1919)</small>
- Sabatinca pluvialis <small>Gibbs, 2014</small>
- Sabatinca quadrijuga <small>Meyrick, 1912</small>
- Sabatinca weheka <small>Gibbs, 2014</small>
- â Sabatinca pouilloni <small>Ngô -Muller et al., 2020</small>
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