Micropterix anglica

Micropterix anglica is an extinct species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae which was described by Edmund A Jarzembowski in 1980.^[1]

Micropterix anglica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Micropterigidae
Genus:	Micropterix
Species:	†M. anglica
Binomial name
†Micropterix anglica Jarzembowski, 1980

Only a single known specimen, from the Oligocene, has been found on the Isle of Wight. It consists of greater part of a forewing. Its original length estimated at 4 millimetres (0.16 in). The veins are mostly dark brown with intervening membrane light brown.^[2]