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- Title
A new macrolepidopteran moth (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in Miocene Dominican amber.
- Authors
Weiting Zhang; Chungkun Shih; YuHong Shih; Dong Ren
- Abstract
A new genus and species of fossil moth, Miogeometrida chunjenshihi Zhang, Shih & Shih, gen. et sp. nov., assigned to Geometridae, is described from Miocene Dominican amber dating from 15-20 Mya. The new genus is characterized by the forewing without a fovea, R1 not anastomosing with Sc, no areole formed by veins R1 and Rs, R1 and Rs1 completely coincident, M2 arising midway between M1 and M3, anal veins 1A and 2A fused for their entire lengths; and the hind wing with Rs running close to Sc + R1 and M2 absent.
- Subjects
GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTS; MOTHS; AMBER; LEPIDOPTERA; VEINS; PYRALIDAE
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2020, Issue 965, p73
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.965.54461