Gracilepteryx

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Gracilepteryx
Temporal range: Late Aptian
~115–113 Ma
Scientific classification
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Family:
Eolepidopterigidae
Genus:
Gracilepteryx

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

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]

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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