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Oegoconiites

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Oegoconiites
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Oegoconiites

Kusnetsov, 1941
Species:
O. borisjaki
Binomial name
Oegoconiites borisjaki
Kusnetsov, 1941

Oegoconiites is an extinct moth genus in the family Autostichidae. It contains the species Oegoconiites borisjaki,[1] which was described from a full-body adult specimen in Baltic amber.[2][3] It has been dated to the Lutetian.[3]

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Fossilworks
  3. ^ a b Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Labandeira, Conrad; Davis, Donald; Mitter, Charles (30 April 2012). "An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world". Zootaxa. 3286 (1): 46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1. Retrieved 7 December 2024.