Microperittia

Microperittia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	†Microperittia; Kozlov, 1987
Species:	†M. proboscifera
Binomial name
	†Microperittia proboscifera; Kozlov, 1987

Microperittia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Kozlov in 1987.^[1] It contains the species M. proboscifera, which was described from Baltic amber, more specifically Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.^[2]

References

^ "MICROPERITTIA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
^ "Fossilworks: Microperittia probosciphera". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[1] "MICROPERITTIA - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-16.

[2] "Fossilworks: Microperittia probosciphera". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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