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(Redirected from Incurvarites alienella) Extinct genus of moths

Incurvarites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Incurvarites
Rebel, 1934
Species: I. alienella
Binomial name
Incurvarites alienella
Rebel, 1934

Incurvarites is an extinct genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1934, and contains the species Incurvarites alienella. The fossil was found in Baltic amber and is dated to Lutetian, Middle Eocene.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Incurvarites​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
Taxon identifiers
Incurvarites alienella


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