Mesokristensenia

 Mesokristensenia is an extinct genus of moth in the family Mesokristenseniidae. It existed in what is now China during the middle Jurassic period. It was named by Huang Diying, André Nel and Joël Minet in 2010, and the type species is Mesokristensenia latipenna.[1]

Mesokristensenia
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic165 Ma 
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Mesokristenseniidae

Huang, Nel & Minet, 2010
Genus:
Mesokristensenia

Huang, Nel & Minet, 2010
Species
  • M. angustipenna Huang, Nel & Minet, 2010
  • M. latipenna Huang, Nel & Minet, 2010 (type)
  • M. sinica Huang, Nel & Minet, 2010

Currently, three species are known. They were discovered in the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, Daohugou beds (in Inner Mongolia). The new family could represent the sister group of the MicropterigidaeMesokristensenia differs from all extant Lepidoptera, but one genus, Agathiphaga (Agathiphagidae), in retaining four median veins in the forewing.[1]

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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