Biology:Palaeolepidopterix

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Short description: Single-species extinct genus of moths

Palaeolepidopterix
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eolepidopterigidae
Genus: Palaeolepidopterix
Kozlov, 1989
Species:
P. aurea
Binomial name
Palaeolepidopterix aurea
Kozlov, 1989

Palaeolepidopterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the extinct family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Palaeolepidopterix aurea.[1] It is known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7126424 entry