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Micropterygidae

Micropterygidae

[mī‚kräp·tə′rij·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The single family of the lepidopteran superfamily Micropterygoidea; members are minute moths possessing toothed, functional mandibles and lacking a proboscis.
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