Micropterix anglica

Micropterix anglica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species: M. anglica
Binomial name
Micropterix anglica
Jarzembowski, 1980

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

Fossil remains, dated to the Oligocene, have been found on the Isle of Wight. The single known specimen consists of the greater part of a forewing, original length estimated at about 4 millimetres (0.16 in). The veins are mostly dark brown with intervening membrane light brown.[2]

References

  1. Micropterix anglica at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index.
  2. Micropterix anglica at Leptree
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