†Micropterix anglica Jarzembowski 1980 (moth)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae
Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski. 1980. Fossil Insects from the Bembridge Marls, Palaeogene of the Isle of Wight, Southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 33(4):237-293
Belongs to Micropterix according to E. A. Jarzembowski 1980
Sister taxon: Micropterix gertraudae
Type specimen: NHML In.17411, a forewing (greater part of forewing). Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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