Phylledestes
Extinct genus of butterflies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Phylledestes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 |
Type species | |
†Phylledestes vorax Cockerell, 1907 |
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