Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Micropterigidae Scientific name Micropterix anglica People also search for Micropterix agenjoi | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Micropterix Rank Species | |
Micropterix anglica is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Jarzembowski in 1980.
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.
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