Phylledestes
Extinct genus of butterflies
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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]
| Phylledestes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| †Phylledestes vorax Cockerell, 1907 | |
See also
- Prehistoric Lepidoptera
- Prehistoric insects
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
