Incurvarites

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.[1] The fossil was found in Baltic amber and is dated to Lutetian, Middle Eocene.

References

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.

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[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.