Palaeoelachista

Palaeoelachista
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: †
Kozlov, 1987
Species:
†P. traugottolseni
Binomial name
†Palaeoelachista traugottolseni
Kozlov, 1987

Palaeoelachista is an extinct genus of moths in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Kozlov in 1987.[1] It contains the species P. traugottolseni, which was described from Baltic amber in the Russian Federation. It is dated to the Eocene.[2]

References

  1. ^ Butterflies and Moths of the World
  2. ^ Fossilworks


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