Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Micropterigidae Scientific name Moleropterix kalbei | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species †M. kalbei Rank Genus | |
Similar Baltimartyria, Micropterix, Micropterigidae | ||
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.
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