Terncladus

Terncladus
Temporal range: late Cretaceous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: †Terncladus
Han, Zhang and Ren, 2024

Terncladus (meaning "three branched") is an extinct genus of lepidopteran that belongs to the taxonomic family Micropterigidae. This genus has two species discovered, they are Terncladus luntus and Terncladus holonatus.

The genus lived during the late Cretaceous period in northern Myanmar.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Han, Ning; Zhang, Weiting; Fang, Hui; Wang, Jiajia; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong (2024-08-01). "Geometric morphometric analyses of Micropterigidae lineages (Lepidoptera) with two new species from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 160 105897. Bibcode:2024CrRes.16005897H. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105897. ISSN 0195-6671.