Gracillariites

<i>Gracillariites</i>

Gracillariites

Extinct genus of moths

Gracillariites is an extinct genus of moth in the family Gracillariidae, which existed in what is now Lithuania during the Eocene period.[1] It was described by Kozlov in 1987, and the type species is Gracillariites lithuanicus.[2] It also contains the species Gracillariites mixtus.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Fossil species (main page) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  2. [2]
    Gracillariites Kozlov, 1987; "Gracillariites Kozlov, gen. nov." — Kozlov, M. V., 1987(4): 67-68. Type species: Gracillariites lithuanicus Kozlov, 1987. By original designation. Fossil in Eocene Amber (Lithuania).
  3. [3]
    "Gracillariites mixtus Kozlov, sp. nov." — Kozlov, M. V., 1987: 68, fig. 5b-c. Type locality: Baltic States, Eocene amber. Type specimen(s): Amber, coll. K. M. Sadilenko, nr. 6-1-1.Distribution: Baltic States (see Kozlov. 1987: 68).


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