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Micropterix myrtetella
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Micropterix myrtetella

Micropterix myrtetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1850. It is found in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Ukraine.

The length of the forewings is 2.2–2.8 millimetres (0.087–0.110 in) for males and 2.7–3 millimetres (0.11–0.12 in) for females.

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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 548043.