Oregramma
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| Oregramma Temporal range: | |
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| Oregramma illecebrosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | †Kalligrammatidae |
| Subfamily: | †Oregrammatinae |
| Genus: | †Oregramma Ren 2003[2] |
| Species | |
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]
