Eolepidopterix

Eolepidopterix
Scientific classification
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

Last updated May 27, 2025

Eolepidopterix is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Eolepidopterix jurassica, which is known from Russia.^[1] The fossil remains are dated to the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous.

References

↑ 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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[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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