Gracilepterix pulchra Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 (moth)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Eolepidopterigidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and M. A. Vulcano. 1989. Amphiesmenoptera (Trichoptera + Lepidoptera) na Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. I - Lepidoptera (Insecta). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 61:459-466

Belongs to Gracilepterix according to R. G. Martins-Neto and M. A. Vulcano 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CV-1476, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (Vulcano collection)

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