Critical re-examination of known purported fossil Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)

We critically re-examine 17 records of fossils currently assigned to the lepidopteran superfamily Bombycoidea, which includes the silk moths, emperor moths and hawk moths. These records include subfossils, compression and impression fossils, permineralizations and ichnofossils. We assess whether obs...

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Main Authors: Maria Heikkilä, Joël Minet, Andreas Zwick, Anna Hundsdoerfer, Rodolphe Rougerie, Ian J. Kitching
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/16049.pdf