Micropterix cornuella
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Micropterix cornuella is a species of moth
belonging to the family Micropterigidae
. It was described by Lees, Rougerie, Zeller & Kristensen in 2010. It is only known from the type locality in northern India
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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 Lees, Rougerie, Zeller & Kristensen in 2010. It is only known from the type locality in northern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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