Oiophassus
| Oiophassus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | †Oiophassus J. F. Zhang, 1989 |
| Species: | †O. nycterus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Oiophassus nycterus Zhang, 1989 | |
Oiophassus is an extinct genus of moth in the Hepialidae family. It contains only one species, Oiophassus nycterus, which was described from Shanwang Bed sw2 in the Linchu district, Shantung province in China, which is part of an Astaracian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shanwang Formation.[1]
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