Anatomy

Biology

Phylogenetics

Zoology

Gene

Cretaceous

Autapomorphy

Genus

Lepidoptera genitalia

Paleontology

Simple eye in invertebrates

Galea

Proboscis

Biochemistry

Historical Biology

A new genus and species of moths, Tanyglossus orectometopus n. gen. et sp. (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea), is described from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Autapomorphies for the new genus are small size (body length of only 0.9 mm), long proboscis greater than body length, presence of ocelli, 3-segmented porrect labial palps, 5-segmented curved maxillary palps, no eye cap, lanceolate wings with reduced venation and a body and wing covering of several types of scales. Based on the available characters, the fossil is placed in the small, aberrant family Douglasiidae and represents the first fossil member of this family. This study adds to our scant knowledge of the diversity of Mesozoic Glossata.

A new genus of moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea: Douglasiidae) in Myanmar amber