Electrocrania Explained

Electrocrania is an extinct genus of micropterigid moth. It is known from two species found in Eocene aged Baltic amber. The genus was originally described by Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov in 1941.^[1] The genus was subsequently synonymised with Micropterix, until a second species was described in 2015, which restored it as a distinct genus.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Kuznetsov, N. J. (1941). Cheshuekrylye Yantarya.: 1–136.
2. Kurz . Michael . 19 November 2015 . On the systematic position of Electrocrania Kusnezov, 1941 with the description of a new species from Baltic amber (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae). Zootaxa . 4044 . 3. 446–50 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.3.7 . 26624720 . 1175-5334.