Biology:Phylledestes
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Short description: Extinct genus of butterflies
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Incertae sedis/Lepidoptera |
| Genus: | †Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 |
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| †Phylledestes vorax Cockerell, 1907
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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
- Prehistoric Lepidoptera
- Prehistoric insects
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 355. ISBN 9783110157048. https://books.google.com/books?id=B9rdQ1gHuAAC&dq=Phylledestes&pg=PA355.
- ↑ Butterflies and Moths of the World. "Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 . Can. Ent. 39 : 188.". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=23012.0&AUTHOR=Cockerell&beginIndex=13&listPageURL=GenusList2.dsml%3FAUTHOR%3DCockerell&searchPageURL=BrowseAuthors.dsml%3FAUTHOR%3DCockerell.
Further reading
- Cockerell, T. D. A. (1913). "The fauna of the Florissant, Colorado, shales". American Journal of Science s4-36 (215): 498–500. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-36.215.498. ISSN 0002-9599. Bibcode: 1913AmJS...36..498C. https://zenodo.org/record/1450184.
- Kristensen, Niels P. (1998). Handbuch Der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology: Eine Naturgeschichte Der Stamme Des Tierreiches/a Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom, Evolution, ... and Biology Lepidoptera (German ed.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-015704-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q7188503 entry
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