Principiala rudgwickensis Jepson et al. 2009 (moth lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Full reference: J. E. Jepson, V. N. Makarkin, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2009. New lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Wealden supergroup of Southern England. Cretaceous Research 30:1325-1338

Belongs to Principiala according to J. E. Jepson et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Principiala incerta, Principiala sinuijuensis

Type specimen: BMB 025005-6, a forewing. Its type locality is Rudgwick Brickworks, Upper Weald Clay, which is in a Barremian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rudgwick Brickworks, Upper Weald Clay

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