Copromorpha fossilis

Copromorpha fossilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Copromorphidae
Genus: Copromorpha
Species: C. fossilis
Binomial name
Copromorpha fossilis
Jarzembowski, 1980

Copromorpha fossilis is an extinct species of moth in the Copromorphidae family. It was described from the "Bembridge Marls" of the Isle of Wight, a rock formation of Oligocene age, about 35 million years old.

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