Electrocrania
Extinct genus of moths
Electrocrania Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Micropterigidae |
Genus: | †Electrocrania Kuznetsov, 1941 |
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Electrocrania is an extinct genus of micropterigid moth. It is known from two species found in Eocene aged Baltic amber. The genus was originally described by Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov in 1941.[1] The genus was subsequently synonymised with Micropterix, until a second species was described in 2015, which restored it as a distinct genus.[2]
References
- ^ Kuznetsov, N. J. (1941). Cheshuekrylye Yantarya.: 1–136.
- ^ Kurz, Michael (19 November 2015). "On the systematic position of Electrocrania Kusnezov, 1941 with the description of a new species from Baltic amber (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae)". Zootaxa. 4044 (3): 446–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4044.3.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624720.
External links
Data related to Electrocrania at Wikispecies
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