Daiopterix

Daiopterix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eolepidopterigidae
Genus:	†Daiopterix Skalski, 1984
Species
†Daiopterix rasnitsyni Skalski, 1984 †Daiopterix olgae Kozlov, 1989

Daiopterix is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species. Daiopterix rasnitsyni is known from Kazakstan. The fossil remains are dated to the Jurassic.^[1]

The second species, Daiopterix olgae is known from the Glushkova Formation in central Siberia. It is dated to the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary at about 145 mya.

References

1. ^ paleodb.org

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