Daiopterix
Extinct genus of moths
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Daiopterix is an extinct genus of moths in the family Eolepidopterigidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | †Eolepidopterigidae |
| Genus: | †Daiopterix Skalski, 1984 |
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The genus contains two species. Daiopterix rasnitsyni is known from Kazakhstan. The fossil remains date from the Jurassic.[1] Daiopterix olgae is known from the Glushkova Formation in central Siberia. It dates from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, about 145 million years ago.
