A New Interesting Moth Lacewing (Neuroptera: Ithonidae) from the Mid-Cretaceous Kachin Amber †
Yuying Li, Siting Liu, Shumin Li, Jie Yang, Chaofan Shi, Dong Ren, Qiang Yang · 2025
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Description
Yuying Li and co-authors describe a new fossil moth lacewing preserved in amber from Myanmar. Moth lacewings are a small family of net-winged insects, and fossils help trace their history. The specimen comes from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, roughly a hundred million years old, and defines a new genus and species named Cretithone zhangi.
The authors list the wing traits that set the fossil apart: an unusually broad front margin space, fused vein branches near the wing base, and a forked middle vein. The pattern of its main veins places it in a known fossil genus group. The paper closes by comparing forewing features across fossil members of the family, using the new find to refine how these ancient insects are sorted.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yuying Li, Siting Liu, Shumin Li, Jie Yang, Chaofan Shi, Dong Ren, Qiang Yang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |