Micropterix montosiella
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Micropterix montosiella is a species of moth
belonging to the family Micropterigidae
. It was described by Zagulajev
in 1983.
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 Zagulajev
Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulajev
Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulajev was a Russian entomologist.-References:...
in 1983.