| Micropterix allionella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Micropterix |
| Species: | M. allionella |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropterix allionella (Fabricius, 1794)[1] |
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Micropterix allionella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and former Yugoslavia.
The habitat consists of clearings and the outskirts of forests. They fly in tall herbaceous vegetation.
The length of the forewings is 3.6-4.5 mm for males and 4.7-4.8 mm for females.[2]