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Micropterix gertraudae

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Micropterix gertraudae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species:
M. gertraudae
Binomial name
Micropterix gertraudae
Kurz M. A & M. E. Kurz, 2010

Micropterix gertraudae is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Kurz M. A & M. E. Kurz in 2010. It is only known from the single type specimen in Baltic amber, which has been mined at Palmnicken (now Yantarnyy) near Kaliningrad.[1]

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