Phylledestes

Phylledestes
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Genus: Phylledestes
Cockerell, 1907
Type species
Phylledestes vorax
Cockerell, 1907

Phylledestes is an extinct genus of butterfly from the Miocene shales of Florissant, Colorado.[1] It contains only one species, Phylledestes vorax, described from a fossil larva. Its family and superfamily placement is uncertain,[2] though it has been proposed to belong to the family Noctuidae of the superfamily Noctuoidea.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 355.
  2. Butterflies and Moths of the World. "Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 . Can. Ent. 39 : 188.". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

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