Pterophorus oligocenus

Pterophorus oligocenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species: P. oligocenus
Binomial name
Pterophorus oligocenus
Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus oligocenicus

Pterophorus oligocenus is an extinct moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is the only known fossil of the Pterophoridae family. It was discovered near Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone in France. It is a late Oligocene fossil, dated to 25-30 million years BP.[1]

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