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Palaeoelachista

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Extinct genus of moths

Palaeoelachista
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Palaeoelachista
Kozlov, 1987
Species: P. traugottolseni
Binomial name
Palaeoelachista traugottolseni
Kozlov, 1987

Palaeoelachista is an extinct genus of moths in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Kozlov in 1987. It contains the species P. traugottolseni, which was described from Baltic amber in the Russian Federation. It is dated to the Eocene.

References

  1. Butterflies and Moths of the World
  2. Fossilworks
Taxon identifiers
Palaeoelachista traugottolseni


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