Micropterix gertraudae
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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
.
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 Kurz M. A & M. E. Kurz in 2010. It is only known from the single type specimen in Baltic amber
Baltic amber
The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite, with about 80% of the world's known amber found there. It dates from 44 million years ago...
, which has been mined at Palmnicken (now Yantarnyy) near Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
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