†Phyllonorycter inopinata Fischer 2021 (moth)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Gracillariidae
Full reference: T. C. Fischer. 2021. In search for the unlikely: leaf-mining caterpillars (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera) from Upper Cretaceous and Eocene ambers. Zitteliana 95:135-145
Belongs to Phyllonorycter according to T. C. Fischer 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNSB-ZSM-LEP amb003, a nymph (caterpillar). Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Munich SNSB collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum Munich SNSB collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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