''Micropterix aureocapilla'' 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
John Heath in 1986, and is known only from the
type locality,
El Hadjar
El Hadjar is a town in north-eastern Algeria
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in
Algeria
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References
Micropterigidae
Endemic fauna of Algeria
Moths described in 1986
Moths of Africa
Taxa named by John Heath
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