Palaeolepidopterix
| Palaeolepidopterix | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae (disputed) |
| 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 extant family Micropterigidae or extinct family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Palaeolepidopterix aurea.[1] It is known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan.
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