''Micropterix algeriella'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

belonging to the family

Micropterigidae Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristense ...

. It was described by

Émile Louis Ragonot Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895) was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the ''Société entomologique de France''. He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths. He is als ...

in 1889 Retrieved April 21, 2018. and is endemic to

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References

Micropterigidae Moths described in 1889 Endemic fauna of Algeria Moths of Africa Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot {{Micropterigidae-stub