Daiopterix

Daiopterix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
†Eolepidopterigidae
Genus:
†Daiopterix

Skalski, 1984
Species
  • †Daiopterix rasnitsyni Skalski, 1984
  • †Daiopterix olgae Kozlov, 1989

Daiopterix is an extinct genus of moth within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species. Daiopterix rasnitsyni is known from Kazakhstan. The fossil remains date from the Jurassic.[1]

The second species, Daiopterix olgae, is known from the Glushkova Formation in central Siberia. It dates from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, about 145 million years ago.

References

  1. ^ paleodb.org


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