Moleropterix kalbei Engel and Kinzelbach 2008 (moth)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and R. K. Kinzelbach. 2008. A primitive moth from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation ("Mo-clay") of Denmark (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 40:1443-1448

Belongs to Moleropterix according to M. S. Engel and R. K. Kinzelbach 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KU-NHM-ENT FFD-002, a forewing. Its type locality is Stolleklint, Fur (KU-NHM collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp claystone in the Ølst Formation of Denmark.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Stolleklint, Fur (KU-NHM collection)

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