†Paratriaxomasia Jarzembowski 1980 (moth)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Meessiidae
Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski. 1980. Fossil Insects from the Bembridge Marls, Palaeogene of the Isle of Wight, Southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 33(4):237-293
Parent taxon: Meessiinae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1992 and Jarzembowski 1980
Sister taxa: Electromeessia, Palaeoinfurcitinea, Simulotinea, Tineolamima
Subtaxa: Paratriaxomasia solentensis
Type: Paratriaxomasia solentensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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