Gallerites is an extinct genus of snout moths.[1] It was described by Kernbach in 1967, and contains the species Gallerites keleri which is known from the Pliocene. The species was discovered in Willershausen in Germany.[2]

Gallerites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Gallerites
Kernbach, 1967
Species:
G. keleri
Binomial name
Gallerites keleri
Kernbach, 1967

References edit

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gallerites keleri​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.