Protohepialus
| Protohepialus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | †Protohepialus Pierce, 1945 |
| Species: | †P. comstocki |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protohepialus comstocki Pierce, 1945 | |
Protohepialus is an extinct genus of moth in the Hepialidae family. It contains only one species, Protohepialus comstocki, which was described from a Tortonian marine shale (Upper Miocene) in the Puente Formation of California.[1]
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