Micropterix anglica
| Micropterix anglica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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 which was described by Edmund A Jarzembowski in 1980.[1]
Only a single known specimen, from the Oligocene, has been found on the Isle of Wight. It consists of greater part of a forewing. Its original length estimated at 4 millimetres (0.16 in). The veins are mostly dark brown with intervening membrane light brown.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Micropterix anglica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- ↑ Micropterix anglica at Leptree
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