Biology:Oregramma
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Short description: Extinct genus of insects
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| Oregramma illecebrosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | †Kalligrammatidae |
| Subfamily: | †Oregrammatinae |
| Genus: | †Oregramma Ren 2003[2] |
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Oregramma is a genus of "butterfly mimicking" lacewing in the extinct family Kalligrammatidae. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China.[3] It likely fed on pollen and plant juices, unlike modern lacewings, most of which are carnivorous.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Oregramma". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=295520.
- ↑ Ren, Dong (2003). "Two new Late Jurassic genera of kalligrammatids from Beipiao, Liaoning (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae).". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 28: 105–109. doi:10.1603/008.102.0606.
- ↑ Yang, Q.; Wang, Y.; Labandeira, C.C.; Shih, C.; Ren, D. (2014). "Mesozoic lacewings from China provide phylogenetic insight into evolution of the Kalligrammatidae (Neuroptera)". BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 126. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-126. PMID 24912379.
- ↑ Labandeira, C. C. (2010). "The pollination of Mid Mesozoic seed plants and the early history of long-proboscid insects". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97 (4): 469–513. doi:10.3417/2010037.
- ↑ University of Minnesota Extension. "Lacewing". https://extension.umn.edu/beneficial-insects/lacewing.
Wikidata ☰ Q20824205 entry
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