Coelolepida
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| Coelolepida Temporal range: | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Clade: | Coelolepida Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996[2] |
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Coelolepida is a clade of insects in the lepidopteran order, containing the infraorders Acanthoctesia, Lophocoronina, Neopseustina, Exoporia and Heteroneura, with the latter three grouped in clade Myoglossata.[3][4]
Coelolepida comprise all non-eriocraniid Glossata.[5] They have scales on their wings and on the first thoracic spiracle.[5] They do not have ocelli.[5]
Fossils of Coelolepida have been found in the mid Early Cretaceous Series.[1]
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