''Auliepterix'' is an extinct
genus of small primitive metallic moths within the
family Micropterigidae. The genus is represented by two species, ''Auliepterix mirabilis'' in the
Karabastau Svita
The Karabastau Formation ( kk, Qarabastaý svıtasy) is a geological formation and lagerstätte in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan whose strata date to the Middle to Late Jurassic. It is an important locality for insect fossils that ...
of the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan (near Aulye) and ''Auliepterix minima'' in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous rocks near Khotont Somon in the Mongolian People's Republic.
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Fossil Lepidoptera
Late Jurassic insects
Fossils of Kazakhstan
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