Prohepialus
| Prohepialus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | †Prohepialus Piton, 1940 |
| Species: | †P. incertus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Prohepialus incertus Piton, 1940 | |
Prohepialus is an extinct genus of moth in the Hepialidae family. It contains only one species, Prohepialus incertus, which was described from a Thanetian crater lake diatomite (Paleocene) in Menat (Puy-de-Dôme), France. A second specimen is known from the Bembridge Marls (Eocene) in the United Kingdom.[1]