Micropterix carthaginiensis
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Micropterix carthaginiensis is a species of moth
belonging to the family Micropterigidae
. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only kwown from Tunisia
, where it occurs in the marshland on the southern shore of Garaet Achkel and at the type locality Djebel Bou Kournine.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
belonging to the family Micropterigidae
Micropterigidae
Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera ....
. It was described by Heath in 1986. It is only kwown from Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, where it occurs in the marshland on the southern shore of Garaet Achkel and at the type locality Djebel Bou Kournine.