†Phyllocnistis cretacea 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 Phyllocnistis according to T. C. Fischer 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNSB-ZSM-LEP amb004, a nymph (caterpilar). Its type locality is Burmese amber (ZSMG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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