''Paleomolpus'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, ''Paleomolpus hirtus''. It is known from late Eocene amber from Denmark. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''palaios'' ("old, ancient") and ''-molpus'' (from '' Eumolpus''). The specific name, Latin for hairy, refers to the pubescent dorsum of the species.

References

† A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species). It is one of the modern descendan ...

Fossil beetle genera Baltic amber Priabonian insects Monotypic prehistoric insect genera {{Eumolpinae-stub