Agalope oshikirii Takahashi et al. 2024 (moth)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Zygaenidae

Full reference: Y. Takahashi, H. Aiba, and Y. Sakamaki. 2024. Agalope oshikirii n. sp., the first chalcosiine fossil (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) from Akita Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Paleontology 99:128-134

Belongs to Agalope according to Y. Takahashi et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OF-I74, a forewing. Its type locality is Kurotakibashi bridge, Sanzugawa caldera, which is in a Gelasian crater lake siltstone in the Sanzugawa Formation of Japan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kurotakibashi bridge, Sanzugawa caldera

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