Micropterix erctella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Micropterix |
| Species: | M. erctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Micropterix erctella Walsingham, 1919
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Micropterix erctella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae which was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1919.[1] It is endemic to Sicily.[2]
The wingspan is about 7 millimetres (0.28 in) for males and 6 millimetres (0.24 in) for females.
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Micropterix erctella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- ^ "Micropterix erctella Walsingham, 1919". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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