Daiopterix

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]

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

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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