†Forcepsites michalskii Fischer and Hörnig 2019 (moth)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Tineidae
Full reference: T. C. Fischer and M. K. Hörnig. 2019. Mating moths (Tineidae, Ditrysia, Lepidoptera) preserved as frozen behavior inclusion in Baltic Amber (Eocene). Palaeontologia Electronica 22(1.7A):1-11
Belongs to Forcepsites according to T. C. Fischer and M. K. Hörnig 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 2017 I 113, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (BSPG coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (BSPG coll)
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