Paleolepidopterites sadilenkoi ( Kozlov, 1988 ) Heikkilä & Brown & Baixeras & Mey & Kozlov, 2018

Heikkilä, Maria, Brown, John W., Baixeras, Joaquin, Mey, Wolfram & Kozlov, Mikhail V., 2018, Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 4394 (1), pp. 41-60 : 55-56

Paleolepidopterites sadilenkoi ( Kozlov, 1988) , comb. nov.

Fig. 7 .

[ Tortricites sadilenkoi Kozlov, 1988 ]

Excavation locality and depository: Current location unknown. Formerly, the specimen was in the private collection of K. M. Sadilenko, Moscow, Russia, but was stolen (MVK, pers. comm.)/ (Holotype: no. 4) Baltic Region (Baltic Amber, Prussian Fm.)/Lutetian, Middle Eocene. The re-assessment is based on information in Kozlov (1988) and original notes, drawings and photographs by MVK. Some of the information mentioned below was not included in the primary description.

Published illustrations: Kozlov 1988: 38, fig. 8 (drawing).

Condition: The size of the amber piece: 40 × 35 × 15 mm. Amber light, transparent. The piece also contained

four ants. Adult female moth with head, thorax and partial forewing. Length of forewing 5.3 mm. Measurements not included in original description: body length without head 4.6 mm, length of antenna 2.7 mm, hind femur 1.0 mm, hind tibia 2.3 mm, tarsus 1.8 mm. Forewing venation clearly visible. Hindwing venation almost indistinguishable. Frenulum consists of three acanthi.

Comments: Kozlov (1988) stated that the assignment of the fossil to Tortricidae is doubtful due to the insufficient preservation of the moth. However, he also wrote that within Tortricidae the species should be assigned to the tribe Cochylini . The shape of the papillae anales is not visible in the available drawings and photographs, and it is possible that details of the female genitalia were not observable. The presence/absence of chaetosemata is not mentioned. The shape of the labial palpi is consistent with those of many tortricids and the wing shape and venation are typical of Tortricidae . The presence/absence of CuP is not observable (absent in most Cochylini ). Because the available character evidence is scant and the examination of the actual specimen is not possible, we prefer to follow the assessment of Kozlov (1988) and consider the assignment of the fossil to Tortricidae uncertain. The moth is heteroneuran and based on the size, wing shape and venation, details of the antennae, haustellum, maxillary and labial palpi (see e.g. Davis 1998; Davis & Gentili 2003), most likely does not belong to extant families of monotrysian Heteroneura.

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FIGURE 7. Paleolepidopterites sadilenkoi (Kozlov, 1988), comb. n. Baltic amber. Specimen has been stolen from the private collection of K. M. Sadilenko, Moscow, Russia (HT: no. 4). Photo: Mikhail V. Kozlov.