A new macrolepidopteran moth (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in Miocene Dominican amber

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,...

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Main Authors: Weiting Zhang, ChungKun Shih, YuHong Shih, Dong Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-09-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54461/download/pdf/