''Moleropterix'' is an extinct
genus of small primitive metallic moths within the
family Micropterigidae, containing one species, ''Moleropterix kalbei''. It is described from a well-preserved forewing of the
Fur Formation of the earliest
Eocene (Early
Ypresian) of
Denmark.
A primitive moth from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation
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Fossil Lepidoptera
Eocene insects
Fossils of Denmark
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Fur Formation
Fossil taxa described in 2008
Prehistoric insect genera
Monotypic prehistoric animal genera
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