Daiopterix is an extinct genus of moth within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species. Daiopterix rasnitsyni is known from Kazakhstan. The fossil remains date from the Jurassic.[1]

Daiopterix
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Daiopterix

Skalski, 1984
Species
  • Daiopterix rasnitsyni Skalski, 1984
  • Daiopterix olgae Kozlov, 1989

The second species, Daiopterix olgae, is known from the Glushkova Formation in central Siberia. It dates from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, about 145 million years ago.

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