Gallerites is an extinct genus of snout moths.[1] It was described by Kernbach in 1967, and contains the species Gallerites keleri which is known from the Pliocene. The species was discovered in Willershausen in Germany.[2]
Gallerites | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | †Gallerites Kernbach, 1967 |
Species: | †G. keleri
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Binomial name | |
†Gallerites keleri Kernbach, 1967
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References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gallerites keleri". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.