Micropterix anglica

Micropterix anglica is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae that was described by Jarzembowski in 1980.[1]

Micropterix anglica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Micropterigidae
Genus:
Micropterix
Species:
†M. anglica
Binomial name
Micropterix anglica
Jarzembowski, 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.[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Micropterix anglica at Leptree


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