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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 4: August 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-30
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.4.9
Page range: 499-506
Abstract views: 206
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The first taxonomically accurate fossil eriocottine moth (Lepidoptera: Eriocottidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber

Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier F-75005, Paris, France
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier F-75005, Paris, France
78 Avenue Gassion, F-13600 La Ciotat, France
Insecta ‘Tineoidea’ Incurvarioidea gen. et sp. nov. dating Lepidoptera Eriocottidae

Abstract

Eoeriocottis magnificus gen. et sp. nov., first fossil accurately placed in Eriocottinae, is described from the Eocene Baltic amber. This fossil should be of great interest as a calibration point for dating in future phylogenies of the Eriocottidae.

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