Oligamatites is an extinct genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Oligamatites martynovi dated to the Upper Oligocene, which was described from Kazakhstan. Both the genus and species were described by Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov in 1928.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | †Oligamatites Kusnetzov, 1928 |
| Species: | †O. martynovi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Oligamatites martynovi Kusnetzov, 1928
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References
edit- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Oligamatites Kusnetzov, 1928". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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