''Psamateia'' is an extinct

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of moths within the

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Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, ''Psamateia calipsa'', which is known from the Crato Formation in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

.Insects of the Crato Formation
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References

Eolepidopterigoidea Fossil Lepidoptera Cretaceous insects Early Cretaceous animals of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Crato Formation Fossil taxa described in 2002 {{cretaceous-insect-stub