Insecta - Lepidoptera

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell and N. Le Veque. 1931. The antiquity of insect structures. The American Naturalist 65:351-359

Parent taxon: Lepidoptera according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012

See also Carpenter 1992 and Cockerell and Le Veque 1931

Sister taxa: Agathiphagoidea, Aglossata, Angiospermivora, Archaeolepiidae, Ascololepidopterigidae, Bombycites, Cyphanta, Diurni, Eolepidopterigina, Eucosmia, Gallerites, Heterobathmiina, Karataunia, Micropterigoidea, Monotrysia, Nocturni, Paleolepidopterites, Paralepidoptera, Petisca, Phalaena, Phylledestes, Pyralites, Schaefferia, Sphingidites, Zalepidoptera, Zeugloptera

Subtaxa: Chionaemopsis quadrifasciatus

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Type: Chionaemopsis quadrifasciatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Station 16, Parachute Creek (Eocene of Colorado)

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