Epiborkhausenites

Name: Epiborkhausenites.
Phonetic: Ep-e-bork-how-sen-e-teez.
Named By: A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Skalski‭ ‬-‭ ‬1973.
Classification: Arthopoda,‭ ‬Insecta,‭ ‬Lepidoptera,‭ ‬Oecophoridae.
Species: E.‭ ‬obscurotrimaculatus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Detritivore‭?
Size: Forewings‭ ‬4.3‭ ‬millimetres long.
Known locations: Lithuania.
Time period: Bartonian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Almost complete female moth preserved in amber.

       Epiborkhausenites is a genus of moth that lived in Europe during the Eocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Studies on the Lepidoptera from fossil resins.‭ ‬Part II.‭ ‬Epiborkausenites obscurotrimaculatus gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.‭ (‬Oecophoridae‭) ‬and a tineid-moth discovered in the Baltic amber.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬18:153-160.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Skalski‭ ‬-‭ ‬1973.

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