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

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