Phyllonorycter inopinata Fischer, 2021

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SUBFAMILY Lithocolletinae
GENUSPhyllonorycter
SPECIES inopinata
AUTHORFischer, 2021
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPhyllonorycter inopinata nov. spec.
TYPE LOCALITYYantarni
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 54°52'0" Longitude: 19°57'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Specimen ex coll. Fischer no. 8182, accession number SNSB-ZSM-LEP amb003, ZSM.
STATUSSpecies
COMMENTAmber mine from Upper Eocene to Lower Oligocene (see Fischer 2021).
PUBLICATION Fischer, T. 2021. In search for the unlikely: leaf-mining caterpillars (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera) from Upper Cretaceous and Eocene ambers. - Zitteliana 95:135-145.
PAGINATION 138, Fig. 1 A-F Bhl

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Russian Federation Kaliningrad region Fischer, T. 2021. In search for the unlikely: leaf-mining caterpillars (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera) from Upper Cretaceous and Eocene ambers. - Zitteliana 95:135-145. 138

Notes:  Amber mine from Upper Eocene to Lower Oligocene.