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Praemendesia

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Extinct genus of moths

Praemendesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Praemendesia
Kozlov, 1987
Species: P. minima
Binomial name
Praemendesia minima
Kozlov, 1987

Praemendesia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Kozlov in 1987. It contains the species P. minima, 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
Praemendesia minima


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