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''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 {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub