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Micropterix mansuetella
Micropterix mansuetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is found primarily in freshwater wetlands and is distributed throughout northern, eastern, central and western Europe (including Great Britain and Ireland). The most southern occurrence is eastern Tyrol in Austria.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 522424.