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Gracillariites lithuanicus

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Gracillariidae

Taxonomy
Gracillariites lithuanicus was named by Kozlov (1987). Its type specimen is MA Ap-9983, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Palanga Amber Museum Collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Gracillariites lithuanicus Kozlov p. 65 fig. 5a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
RankNameAuthor
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
superfamilyGracillarioidea
familyGracillariidae()
subfamilyGracillariinae
genusGracillariites
specieslithuanicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Gracillariites lithuanicus (type locality: 123977)