Reports Lepidoptera in Cretaceous Amber Margaret R. MacKay1 1Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario See allHide authors and affiliations Science 23 Jan 1970:Vol. 167, Issue 3917, pp. 379-380DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3917.379 Margaret R. MacKay 1Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, OntarioFind this author on Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for this author on this site Article Info & Metrics eLetters PDF Abstract 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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