Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae
Full reference: P. Whalley. 1978. New taxa of fossil and recent Micropterigidae with a discussion of their evolution and a comment on the evolution of Lepidoptera (Insecta). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 31:71-86
Parent taxon: Micropterigidae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1992, Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 and Whalley 1978
Sister taxa: Archmosaicus, Auliepterix, Baltimartyria, Bitterfeldopterix, Electrocrania, Klausnitzerellus, Micropterix, Moleropterix, Palaeosabatinca, Sabatinca, Saxomicropterix, Terncladus, Wichardius
Subtaxa: Parasabatinca aftimacrai Parasabatinca caldasae
Type: Parasabatinca aftimacrai
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections), Lebanon (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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