Preheterobathmia is an extinct genus of moth that belongs to the still living Heterobathmiidae family. This species is only tentatively placed in this clade because only the wings, legs and head are available for study.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heterobathmiidae |
| Genus: | †Preheterobathmia Mey 2024 |
| Species: | †P. grimaldii
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| †Preheterobathmia grimaldii Mey 2024
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This genus contains only one species which has been named Preheterobathmia grimaldii, preserved in Burmese Amber from Myanmar.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mey, Wolfram (2024-01-05). "Preheterobathmia gen. nov. – a new non-glossatan taxon from Myanmar amber tentatively assigned to Heterobathmiidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 47: 1–10. doi:10.3897/nl.47.111080. ISSN 2367-5365.
- ^ "ZooBank.org". zoobank.org. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
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