# Gracillariites

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of moths}}
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| taxon = Gracillariites
| authority = Kozlov, 1987<ref name="GTD">[http://gc.bebif.be/#7 Fossil species (main page)] at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.</ref>
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'''''Gracillariites''''' is an extinct genus of [moth](/source/moth) in the family [Gracillariidae](/source/Gracillariidae), which existed in what is now [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania) during the [Eocene](/source/Eocene) period.<ref name="GTD"/> It was described by Kozlov in 1987, and the type species is ''Gracillariites lithuanicus''.<ref>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).</ref> It also contains the species ''Gracillariites mixtus''.<ref>"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).</ref>

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Category:Fossil Lepidoptera
Category:Baltic amber
Category:Eocene insects of Europe
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Category:Prehistoric insect genera
Category:Eocene genera

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