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Micropterix anglica

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Micropterix anglica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species:
M. anglica
Binomial name
Micropterix anglica

Micropterix anglica is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae which was described by Edmund A Jarzembowski in 1980.[1]

Only a single known specimen, from the Oligocene, has been found on the Isle of Wight. It consists of greater part of a forewing. Its original length estimated at 4 millimetres (0.16 in). The veins are mostly dark brown with intervening membrane light brown.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Micropterix anglica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Micropterix anglica at Leptree