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Eolepidopterix

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Single-species extinct genus of moths

Eolepidopterix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: †Eolepidopterigidae
Genus: †Eolepidopterix
Rasnitsyn, 1983
Species: †E. jurassica
Binomial name
†Eolepidopterix jurassica
Rasnitsyn, 1983

Eolepidopterix is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Eolepidopterix jurassica, which is known from Russia. The fossil remains are dated to the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous.

References

  1. Zhang, Wei-Ting; Shih, Chung-Kun; Labandeira, Conrad C.; Ren, Dong (July 2015). "A new taxon of a primitive moth (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Eolepidopterigidae) from the latest Middle Jurassic of northeastern China". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (4): 617–621. Bibcode:2015JPal...89..617Z. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.39. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 55526853.

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Taxon identifiers
Eolepidopterix jurassica


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