Insect leaf mines from the Eocene Anglesea locality, Victoria, Australia

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1988
Authors:A. C. Rozefelds
Journal:Alcheringia
Volume:12
Pagination:1-6
Date Published:1988
Keywords:Australia, Elaeocarpaceae, fossil, Lauraceae, Leafmines, Lepidoptera
Abstract:

The first Tertiary leaf mines described from Australia are six mines from the Anglesea locality in Victoria. They are referable to five leaf mining taxa. Two of the mines are associatedwith a Lauraceae leaf. A third leaf mine is preserved in a 'mummified' leaf with affinities to Elaeocarpaceae. The remaining two mines are on leaves that are too poorly preserved to be identified. Four of these fossil leaf mines are thought to belong to Lepidoptera and two are probably referable to the Nepticulidae. The remaining mine could be either dipteranor lepidopteran. These mines are the only evidence of the Lepidoptera in the Tertiary fossil record in Australia.

DOI:10.1080/03115518808618992
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