Life SciencesBiologyZoologyInsect SystematicsInsect TaxonomyPaleobotanyBeetle BiologyHead MorphologyInsect Fossil RecordInsect OriginsInsect PhylogeneticsInsect PhylogenyArthropod Larval FossilsEarly Insect FossilsInsect Fossil AssemblagesInsect Fossil MorphologyInsect Larval FossilsInsect PaleoecologyInsect PaleontologyLarval Head Capsule Morphology
The discovery of the head capsule of a lepidopterous larva in Canadian amber of the Cretaceous period is the first fossil evidence of Lepidoptera before the Tertiary period.
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