Moleropterix
Single-species extinct genus of moths
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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]
| 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 | |
