Insecta - Lepidoptera - Archaeolepiidae
Alternative spelling: Archaeolepidae
Full reference: P. E. S. Whalley. 1985. The systematics and palaeogeography of the Lower Jurassic insects of Dorset, England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 39(3):107-189
Parent taxon: Lepidoptera according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also van Nieukerken et al. 2011 and Whalley 1985
Sister taxa: Agathiphagoidea, Aglossata, Angiospermivora, Ascololepidopterigidae, Bombycites, Chionaemopsis, Cyphanta, Diurni, Eolepidopterigina, Eucosmia, Gallerites, Heterobathmiina, Karataunia, Micropterigoidea, Monotrysia, Nocturni, Paleolepidopterites, Paralepidoptera, Petisca, Phalaena, Phylledestes, Pyralites, Schaefferia, Sphingidites, Zalepidoptera, Zeugloptera
Subtaxa: Archaeolepis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Birchi Nodules, Black Ven, Charmouth (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)