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Extinct genus of moths

Sphingidites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: †Sphingidites
Kernbach, 1967
Species: †S. weidneri
Binomial name
†Sphingidites weidneri
Kernbach, 1967

Sphingidites is an extinct and monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae. Its only species is Sphingidites weidneri. It is a compression fossil of a prepupal larva. Both the genus and species were first described by Kurt Kernbach in 1967. The fossil was found at Willershausen clay pit in Germany and it was dated to the Pliocene.

References

  1. "†Sphingidites weidneri Kernbach 1967 (moth)". Fossilworks. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Sphingidites Kernbach, 1967". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Sphingidites weidneri


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