Biology:Gracilepteryx

Short description: Single-species extinct genus of moths

Gracilepteryx Temporal range: Late Aptian ~115–113 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	†Eolepidopterigidae
Genus:	†Gracilepteryx Martins-Neto & Vulcano 1989
Species:	†G. pulchra
Binomial name
†Gracilepteryx pulchra Martins-Neto & Vulcano 1989

Gracilepteryx is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Gracilepteryx pulchra, which is known from the Late Aptian Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil .

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5591598 entry