Moleropterix

Moleropterix
Scientific classification
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.^[1]

References

^ A primitive moth from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] A primitive moth from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation^{[permanent dead link]}

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