Gracilepteryx

Gracilepteryx is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Gracilepteryx pulchra, which is known from the Late Aptian Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil.[1]

Gracilepteryx
Temporal range: Late Aptian
~115–113 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
†Eolepidopterigidae
Genus:
†Gracilepteryx

Martins-Neto & Vulcano 1989
Species:
†G. pulchra
Binomial name
†Gracilepteryx pulchra
Martins-Neto & Vulcano 1989

References
  1. "Insects of the Crato Formation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-12-14.


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