Copromorpha fossilis
Extinct species of moth
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Copromorpha fossilis is an extinct species of moth in the Copromorphidae family. It was described from the Bembridge Marls of the Isle of Wight, a rock formation of Oligocene age, about 35 million years old.
| Copromorpha fossilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Copromorphidae |
| Genus: | Copromorpha |
| Species: | C. fossilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Copromorpha fossilis Jarzembowski, 1980 | |