Gracillariites

Gracillariites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Gracillariites; Kozlov, 1987

Last updated January 28, 2026

Gracillariites is an extinct genus of moth in the family Gracillariidae, which existed in what is now Lithuania during the Eocene period.^[1] It was described by Kozlov in 1987, and the type species is Gracillariites lithuanicus.^[2] It also contains the species Gracillariites mixtus.^[3]

References

1 2 Fossil species (main page) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.
↑ Gracillariites Kozlov, 1987; "Gracillariites Kozlov, gen. nov." — Kozlov, M. V., 1987(4): 67-68. Type species: Gracillariites lithuanicus Kozlov, 1987. By original designation. Fossil in Eocene Amber (Lithuania).
↑ "Gracillariites mixtus Kozlov, sp. nov." — Kozlov, M. V., 1987: 68, fig. 5b-c. Type locality: Baltic States, Eocene amber. Type specimen(s): Amber, coll. K. M. Sadilenko, nr. 6-1-1.Distribution: Baltic States (see Kozlov. 1987: 68).

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[GTD-1] 1 2 Fossil species (main page) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.

[2] Gracillariites Kozlov, 1987; "Gracillariites Kozlov, gen. nov." — Kozlov, M. V., 1987(4): 67-68. Type species: Gracillariites lithuanicus Kozlov, 1987. By original designation. Fossil in Eocene Amber (Lithuania).

[3] "Gracillariites mixtus Kozlov, sp. nov." — Kozlov, M. V., 1987: 68, fig. 5b-c. Type locality: Baltic States, Eocene amber. Type specimen(s): Amber, coll. K. M. Sadilenko, nr. 6-1-1.Distribution: Baltic States (see Kozlov. 1987: 68).

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