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Weiting Zhang1,2, Chungkun Shih3,4, YuHong Shih5
1Hebei GEO University, 136 Huaiandonglu, Shijiazhuang 050031, China Hebei GEO University Shijiazhuang China.
Abstract:
A new genus and species of fossil moth, Miogeometrida chunjenshihi Zhang, Shih & Shih, gen. et sp. nov., assigned to Geometridae, is described from Miocene Dominican amber dating from 15-20 Mya. The new genus is characterized by the forewing without a fovea, R1 not anastomosing with Sc, no areole formed by veins R1 and Rs, R1 and Rs1 completely coincident, M2 arising midway between M1 and M3, anal veins 1A and 2A fused for their entire lengths; and the hind wing with Rs running close to Sc + R1 and M2 absent.
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