†Moleropterix kalbei Engel and Kinzelbach 2008 (moth)
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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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