Full reference: O. Heer. 1856. Ueber die fossilen Insekten von Aix in der Provence. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1:1-40
Parent taxon: Lepidoptera according to M. Heikkilä et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992, Jarzembowski 1980 and Sohn et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Agathiphagoidea, Aglossata, Angiospermivora, Archaeolepiidae, Ascololepidopterigidae, Bombycites, Chionaemopsis, Cyphanta, Diurni, Eolepidopterigina, Eucosmia, Gallerites, Heterobathmiina, Karataunia, Micropterigoidea, Monotrysia, Nocturni, Paleolepidopterites, Paralepidoptera, Petisca, Phalaena, Phylledestes, Schaefferia, Sphingidites, Zalepidoptera, Zeugloptera
Subtaxa: Pyralites obscurus Pyralites preecei
Type: Pyralites obscurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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