A fact from Comptonia columbiana appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the almost 50-million-year-old fossil leaves of Comptonia columbiana(example pictured) preserve evidence of moth feeding?
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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 11:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
... that 49.5 million year old Comptonia columbiana(pictured) leaves preserve evidence of moth feeding? Source:Labanderia 2002
ALT1:... that Comptonia columbiana(pictured) leaf fossils have been found from Central British Columbia south to Idaho and Oregon? Source: refs in Distribution paragraph
Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 16:08, 19 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]
size and age ok, free of copyvio, fully referenced, first hook about moths is interesting...I just think the article is a little less conclusive about the moth than the hook (maybe add "suggestive of.." or something to hook...?) QPQ done Cas Liber (talk·contribs) 12:37, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Are you uncertain of the Moth family, or of the cf Antispila part? Labandeira 2002 is a little more open with the wording when talking about the family but still give a fairly confident assessment, and Sohn et al 2012 (which has Labandeira as a coauthor) used a more confident wording and again emphasized cf Antispila.--Kevmin§ 15:28, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ach, my bad - was seeing the uncertainty in the wrong segment - good to go Cas Liber (talk·contribs) 08:01, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]