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Moleropterix

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Single-species extinct genus of moths

Moleropterix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: †Moleropterix
Engel & Kinzelbach, 2008
Species: †M. kalbei
Binomial name
†Moleropterix kalbei
Engel & Kinzelbach, 2008

Moleropterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the family Micropterigidae, containing one species, Moleropterix kalbei. It is described from a well-preserved forewing of the Fur Formation of the earliest Eocene (Early Ypresian) of Denmark.

References

  1. A primitive moth from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation
Taxon identifiers
Moleropterix kalbei


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