Auliepterix

Auliepterix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Auliepterix
Kozlov, 1989
Species
  • Auliepterix minima Kozlov, 1989
  • Auliepterix mirabilis Kozlov, 1989

Auliepterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the family Micropterigidae. The genus is represented by two species, Auliepterix mirabilis in the Karabastau Svita of the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan (near Aulye) and Auliepterix minima in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous rocks near Khotont Somon in the Mongolian Peoples Republic.

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