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(Redirected from Auliepterix mirabilis) Extinct genus of moths

Auliepterix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: †Auliepterix
Kozlov, 1989
Species
  • †Auliepterix minima Kozlov, 1989
  • †Auliepterix mirabilis Kozlov, 1989

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.

References

  1. Kozlov, M. V. (1989). "New Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Lepidoptera (Papilionida)". Paleontological Journal. 23 (4): 34–39.
  2. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Auliepterix


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