''Sphingidites'' is an

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and monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae. Its only species is ''Sphingidites weidneri''. It is a compression fossil of a prepupal larva. Both the genus and species were first described by Kurt Kernbach in 1967. The fossil was found at Willershausen clay pit in Germany and it was dated to the Pliocene.

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Fossil Lepidoptera Fossil taxa described in 1967 Pliocene insects Fossils of Germany

Prehistoric insect genera Monotypic prehistoric animal genera Sphingidae genera {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub