Palaeolepidopterix
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| Family: | Micropterigidae (disputed)
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| Genus: | †Palaeolepidopterix Kozlov, 1989
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| Species: | †P. aurea
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| †Palaeolepidopterix aurea Kozlov, 1989
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Palaeolepidopterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the extant family Micropterigidae or extinct family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Palaeolepidopterix aurea.[1] It is known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan.
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