†Protosiberopterix antitheton Melnitsky and Ivanov 2020 (moth)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Eolepidopterigidae
Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov. 2020. Taxonomic names, in The Khasurty fossil insect Lagerstätte. Paleontological Journal 54:1221-1394
Belongs to Protosiberopterix according to S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov 2020
Sister taxa: Protosiberopterix equesaeneus, Protosiberopterix praevernalis
Type specimen: PIN 5340/1489, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Khasurty (PIN collection 5340), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Khasurty (PIN collection 5340)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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