Auliepterix
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Auliepterix | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Micropterigidae |
Genus: | †Auliepterix Kozlov, 1989 |
Species | |
|
Auliepterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the family Micropterigidae. The genus is represented by two species, the type species A. mirabilis in the Karabastau Svita of the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan (near Aulye) and Auliepterix minima in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous rocks near Khotont Somon in the Mongolian People's Republic.[1][2]
References
- ^ Kozlov, M. V. (1989). "New Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Lepidoptera (Papilionida)". Paleontological Journal. 23 (4): 34–39.
- ^ Sohn, JC; Labandeira, CC; Davis, DR; Mitter, C (2012). "An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3286: 1–132. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Micropterigidae
- Fossil Lepidoptera
- Late Jurassic insects
- Fossils of Kazakhstan
- Moth genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1989
- Prehistoric insect genera
- All stub articles
- Micropterigidae stubs
- Prehistoric Lepidoptera stubs
- Prehistoric insect stubs
- Jurassic animal stubs