Gracillariites

Gracillariites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: †Gracillariites
Kozlov, 1987

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

References

  1. 1 2 Fossil species (main page) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
  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. ↑ "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).